Where go to operation ??

[Miki]

Hi J'm Marta and J'm 19 this year. Sorry for my English but I'm not very good in this language. I came from Poland nad I live in. I have scoliosis :
20* in neck
62/63* in throatic
38* in lumbar
it was the last photo from 10.2005 .
I want to have an operation in England ( I have heard that you are very good in scoliosis operations )
Whant is the best hospital in England ????
How long you must waiting for surgeon in your country ???
P.S thaks for answers

[Shari]

Hi Miki,

Welcome to this forum!!! There are several people from England here that can answer your questions, just give them time to see your post. And your English is just fine!!!

Shari

[twisterLA]

Surgeons in the UK

I would check the section on "physician/hospital feedback' for UK results. I am from the UK but had surgery in the US. And my Polish is much worse than your English so don't be sorry! I have attached a link to a UK scoliosis website. They have an email and telephone contact and might be able to help you....Hodn? št?stí!!



http://www.sauk.org.uk

[Robbie]

I had surgery around two weeks ago at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, England. I was able to get a date very quickly because I went privately on my father's insurance. My surgeon was Mr. Gavin Bowden, who is based at St. Luke's hospital in Oxford. I cannot fault him or any of the other staff who cared for me during my stay. Though my operation took place at the Nuffield, I stayed at the Oxford Clinic for Specialist Surgery, which is on the same grounds as the Nuffield. Only thing I didn't like there was the food!

Here are some websites you can check out:

St. Luke's: http://www.stlukeshosp.co.uk/
Nuffield: http://www.noc.nhs.uk/
Oxford Clinic: http://www.oxfordclinic.org.uk/ (Their website isn't finished yet.)

[Miki]

Thank you for this anserws , but it is importanat for me, how long in avarage you must waiting for surgeons ??? In poland in public hospitals you are waiting for surgeon abot 1 year to 3-4 years. It depends on clinic. If want to have this operation in holiday it is possible or not ????
What methods you ale using in operations in England ?? I know that it depends on us and ours curves What is one of the best specialist in England in scoliosis ??

[sai]

Hi Miki

Are you already in England or planning to come here?

I had surgery at the Royal National Orth Hospital (RNOH) in Stanmore. Ive been told by people in the profession that the surgeons here are amongst the best in Europe.

I had my initial appointment with Dr.Harrison in February last year-was told i need operation and had it in Aug 06. This was on the NHS and i know if i wanted to go private it would be with the same surgeons because they are the best and the wait would have been about a month-but i think i needed the few months to come to terms with it all.

Dr.Harrison was actually ill when my op was due so a Dr.Jan Lehovsky did the operation and an excellent job he did even if i do say so myself.

if you have any further questions or want the telephone numbers for these surgeons secretaries let me know.

sai

[joeb-z]

It is helpful to use the SRS physcian locator:

http://www.srs.org/locator/

You can also look at the conference schedule and look at the presenters from various countries. There is a listing for Eurospine and an SRS conference in eastern Europe.