Hi! Just called to make an appointment with a surgeon at UCSF, and wondered if anybody else in other parts of the country have experienced the same making-an-appointment procedure. Before the clinic will give me an appointment, I have to fax them a recent MRI and recent primary care physician report. As the woman on the phone explained it, this is so that the surgeon can "choose" his cases.
Does this mean that the surgeon only takes cases he think will entail surgery? Or did the woman just choose her words poorly? (She also told me in no uncertain terms that this was a clinic with SPECIALISTS and that people shouldn't come here with JUST ACHES AND PAINS. So I'm assuming they have had trouble with something inconsequential in the past.)
Of course, their word is the final one, but with long-term scoli people, why do they require everybody to get another MRI instead of just accepting last year's X-rays?? (Is it because the MRI shows the degree of curve and other stuff as well??)
Any explanations would be very helpful as I try and figure stuff out. Somehow understanding makes the journey a bit easier...
Laura
Does this mean that the surgeon only takes cases he think will entail surgery? Or did the woman just choose her words poorly? (She also told me in no uncertain terms that this was a clinic with SPECIALISTS and that people shouldn't come here with JUST ACHES AND PAINS. So I'm assuming they have had trouble with something inconsequential in the past.)
Of course, their word is the final one, but with long-term scoli people, why do they require everybody to get another MRI instead of just accepting last year's X-rays?? (Is it because the MRI shows the degree of curve and other stuff as well??)
Any explanations would be very helpful as I try and figure stuff out. Somehow understanding makes the journey a bit easier...
Laura
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