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03-31-2008, 01:32 AM
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If you can get to Lenox Hill Hospital...see Dr. Fabian Bitan...He does ADR...and minimally invasive surgeries...He is the absolute best in NYC...He ran the ADR trials for the East Coast....If you did not have the laminectomy he could possibly do an ADR, but I think that is out now...I wish you the best of luck...Dr. Bitan is French by the way and is well trained. He has done two fellowships in France and two in the US ...He is chief of surgery at Lenox Hill...You will like him...He has a lot of compassion for spinal patients...He is listed as a top doc in the Castle/Connolly directory...and in the NY directory...Please make an appt to see him...He did my lumbar fusion...Most surgeons will not do above a three level fusion...You need to see a NYC doc for that...Good luck!
http://www.bitanmd.com/ Edited to say too...I just read how old you are kiddo...You are just to young for this much pain ....Get into the city to see Dr. Bitan and get away from the docs you are seeing now...Call Dr. Bitan's office and tell them you are in the Army and your whole story...or post it on his web site...I would hope they would tell you to come in to see him...He is very compassionate... Go very, very slow with the PT....Most spinal surgeons tell you to do nothing more than walk after surgery....What do they have you doing in PT? I would take it easy and if it hurts...DO NOT DO IT! I have never had any kind of PT after any of my lumbar surgeries...I did after the cervical fusion, but that was to help with ROM...and that was very minimal exercises...Take it easy...
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4/06 - Lumbar Fusion - L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, S1 Anterior with cages and Posterior with rods and screws. 8/17/05 - Cervical Fusion - C4-5, 5-6, 6-7 - Anterior and Posterior Fusion with plate in front and rods and screws in the rear - Corpectomy at C-4 and C-5 and microdisectomy at C6-7. 1/4/05 - Lumbar Laminectomy -L3, L4, L5, S1, S2 Obliteration of Tarlov Cyst at S2. Failed surgery! Last edited by GJZH; 03-31-2008 at 02:47 AM. |
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03-31-2008, 10:45 AM
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It can be difficult being Active Duty Army, and hearing about recommendations outside of the Army's medical system, as we go where the Army tells us to. Believe me, I know, I am a Medic that was assigned to a major Army hospital. One way you might be able to see an outsider, is to get the PAO (Patient Advocate Office) to intervene, and they could possibly work with Managed Care to get you to the outside Doctor, but then again through Army Regulations, we go where they say.
Have you been offered or have you considered a MEB (Medical Evaluation Board) per AR 40-501?
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04-02-2008, 12:29 AM
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I thought that might be the way it is...I hope he can have someone intervene for him ....since it seems as though he is not getting the best of care...and let's face it...Our military deserves the very, very best! 
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4/06 - Lumbar Fusion - L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, S1 Anterior with cages and Posterior with rods and screws. 8/17/05 - Cervical Fusion - C4-5, 5-6, 6-7 - Anterior and Posterior Fusion with plate in front and rods and screws in the rear - Corpectomy at C-4 and C-5 and microdisectomy at C6-7. 1/4/05 - Lumbar Laminectomy -L3, L4, L5, S1, S2 Obliteration of Tarlov Cyst at S2. Failed surgery! |
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04-07-2008, 04:54 PM
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How is it going? Have you determined if you are able to go to a private doctor for care?
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4/06 - Lumbar Fusion - L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, S1 Anterior with cages and Posterior with rods and screws. 8/17/05 - Cervical Fusion - C4-5, 5-6, 6-7 - Anterior and Posterior Fusion with plate in front and rods and screws in the rear - Corpectomy at C-4 and C-5 and microdisectomy at C6-7. 1/4/05 - Lumbar Laminectomy -L3, L4, L5, S1, S2 Obliteration of Tarlov Cyst at S2. Failed surgery! |
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