Thread: My TOS Surgeon Search on the East Coast
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Old 04-06-2014, 09:56 PM
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Default Surgery for Neck seroma drainage scheduled
So my surgery is finally scheduled, I opted for sooner than later although it is going to be quite expensive since I have to pay OOP (no more US insurance). It is on April 16th back at MGH, Dr. Donahue plans to place a catheter inside when he opens me up to make sure that the seroma is the only issue. I'll have it inside me for 2 weeks but I don't plan to stay in Boston more than 1 night. I am also opting to do local anesthesia vs general which Dr. D does not recommend but says he will do it. I am only opting to do that because it saves me a lot of $. I am living off disability and paying up front for this is hard enough.

Only downside is I KNOW I will feel everything and the pain and I am beginning to freak out about it...
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-6/20/14 Seroma Drainage Right Side

-7/18/13 Re-do of Right sided Supraclavicular Thoracic Outlet Decompression by Resection of Cervical Rib, First Rib, and Neurolysis

-8/30/12 Unsuccessful Right sided Supraclavicular Thoracic Outlet Decompression via Scalenectomy, Brachial Plexus and C2 through T1 Neurolysis, Resection of fibrous band attachment to Cervical Rib and Pectoralis Minor Tenetomy
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