Very nervous of course. We were tentatively scheduled with Dr. Green at HSS; he's been following our son since age 9 (he's 14 now, 15 next week). Then we went back for follow ups with Dr. Betz and Dr. Vitale about 2 weeks ago.
Dr. Betz has a 10 month queue. If we didn't want to wait, he strongly counseled us to use a spine specialist. That made sense to us, and Dr. Green is a general pediatric orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Vitale had originally seen Spencer back in November and said no rush, but when we came back, he noted significant progression of Spencer's thorocolumbar curve--from 42 to 51 degrees in five months. He had time in his schedule in June, so here we go.
Dr. Betz's team was suggesting a rib shortening procedure as well as the fusion--Spencer has a fairly significant rib hump--but Dr. Vitale says that it can interfere with lung function later in life and he pretty much won't do it. Has anyone else had experience with this?
Dr. Betz has a 10 month queue. If we didn't want to wait, he strongly counseled us to use a spine specialist. That made sense to us, and Dr. Green is a general pediatric orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Vitale had originally seen Spencer back in November and said no rush, but when we came back, he noted significant progression of Spencer's thorocolumbar curve--from 42 to 51 degrees in five months. He had time in his schedule in June, so here we go.
Dr. Betz's team was suggesting a rib shortening procedure as well as the fusion--Spencer has a fairly significant rib hump--but Dr. Vitale says that it can interfere with lung function later in life and he pretty much won't do it. Has anyone else had experience with this?
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