Who should do your Spinal Fusion? Was your surgeon a specialist in SCOLIOSIS???
Is any surgeon specializing in the Spine and its branches good enough to handle a back with this particular deformity?
Question is:
After consulting with a well known head of the Orthopeadic Spine Surgery Dept at a well known California Medical School who recommended removal of implants because they are causing problems (iliac pedicle screws and surrounding back instrumentation after fusion) i.e. debilitating pains.
I am in doubt because my original surgeon said: I am a specialist in Scoliosis and your other doctor is degenerative doctor, so does not deal with scoliosis patients
Is this a valid statement? Please I need to know if that is an important consideration. I am assuming that everyone here has scoliosis so did everyone had surgery by an scoliosis surgeon?
Is any surgeon specializing in the Spine and its branches good enough to handle a back with this particular deformity?
Question is:
After consulting with a well known head of the Orthopeadic Spine Surgery Dept at a well known California Medical School who recommended removal of implants because they are causing problems (iliac pedicle screws and surrounding back instrumentation after fusion) i.e. debilitating pains.
I am in doubt because my original surgeon said: I am a specialist in Scoliosis and your other doctor is degenerative doctor, so does not deal with scoliosis patients
Is this a valid statement? Please I need to know if that is an important consideration. I am assuming that everyone here has scoliosis so did everyone had surgery by an scoliosis surgeon?
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