Hi,

MY doc was Doc Brantigan too & I had surgery almost 8 years ago. I'm doing great. He too was very honest from the get go. I thought your doc was him because of the way he is very blunt, doesn't hide anything & tells it like it is. On the consent form he often writes, "might not work" so the patient CLEALRY knows going into it what the stats are. He never says anyone will be cured & for some it will or will not make their quality of life better, great or at least able to function at some level.

But surgery is not always the same for all. The same surgery can be a good result post-op or not depending on how the patient heals with or with out adhesions forming. Some grow more then others and faster too.

No kind of surgery is without risks. One has to do their homework on docs and make sure they get the best there is for TOS surgery. Doc B does many re-dos that other docs screwed up, but sometimes even the best docs can't fix what others have messed up.