Some months ago i stumbled across a website by a USA girl working in Germany who had a back op by Dr B while there.  I didn't bookmark the site but it is out there somewhere.  Her experience, as she reported, really frightened me.  She was a very angry person and had to have the ADR removed in USA.
This Dr is world renowned minimal surgery guy, so they say...
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