Originally posted by Back-out
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It's impossible to know for certain how the WUSTL or UCSF stats compare to other surgeons or centers. I would guess their rates are lower, but I don't know that for certain. Something to remember is that both WUSTL and UCSF treat far more difficult cases than other centers, so their complication rates are bound to be higher.
As I said previously, there are an awful lot of us with PJK, but I think most of us are unlikely to find it bothersome enough to actually have it fixed.
Be careful about trying to learn too much about all the potential complications, as you may go into overload. There are some horrible things that can happen during this, or any big surgery. For adults, the percentage of people who have complications (both short-term and long-term) bad enough to require additional surgery is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 25-30%. (That's just a guess.) What you really need to think about is that if you're one of the people who have a really bad outcome, statistics are totally meaningless. That's why I think it's very important to know that, as an adult, one better be damn sure that one has thought long and hard about it being the right choice, before signing up for surgery.
--Linda
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