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Old 07-17-2013, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jenng View Post
The 2 neurologists I have seen don't do surgury, just diagnostics. Neither one even looked at my MRI films, just read the written report. The neurosurgeon I saw Monday, he specializes in brain and spine surgury. He did the opposite--just glanced at the written report, but studied my films (and pointed lots of bad stuff out to me.)
Also sounds typical (to put your mind at ease). Diagnosticians don't always know what they're looking at (imaging); they leave the interpretations up to experts who look at those things full-time, and apply the interpretations to their assessments/DX. Surgeons, OTOH, want to see what they may actually be dealing with before opening a patient up.

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