Stenum - My story

[JKDE302]

cp7975 did the surgery help with the pain in your Neck? I have to ask b/c I have terrible neck pain without nerve pain...


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[Karger]

So I've been reading this thread now, I had a apt booked with DR ritter-lang but after doing alot of research and hearing about his muck ups I am afraid to even consider them.

Now these are very old post and I can't find any negative reviewes for him within the past few years.

Who is a good surgon that I should consider?

[Maria]

a good person to contact re other surgeons you might want to consider is mmglobal (Mark).. the contact info is on this site.

Are you looking to go specifically to Germany or would there be other countries you'd consider?

I think there are surgeons with better all around track records than Ritter-Lang but every surgeon has some failures. It just seems R-L had some major huge screw ups that just shouldn't have been (at least from what I've read).

Good luck and hope you will find the right surgeon for your situation.
Maria

[Karger]

Hi Maria,

Thanks for your response. Yes, the major screw ups scare me, and the fact that the surgery i only 45 min also scares me. It almost feels like he is treating me as an image and not a person. Due to the horror stories i am very afraid to go to him. I was thinking about staying in Germany as they seem to to be the leaders in this field. Unless I find other surgeons who are just as good.

I was looking at Dr Zeegers, I have seen some glowing reviews of him and could not find any bad press on him. He seems to be pretty honest, and caring from what i can find.

I was more looking for some suggestions form people who have had the ADR surgery and their exp and thoughts on the doc.

[Maria]

I think there are plenty of people that have had surgery with him and/or Dr. Bertagnoli and then others in other countries.


I don't know if you checked out the surgical outcome part of the forum that has some of the information about people reporting back on their surgeries. Persons that have been thru this a while back might not be checking the forum too frequently and then there are plenty of people that had surgery in the US when ADR surgery was approved/authorized for at least one level and those that paid to have more levels done cash (without insurance).

Again I'd suggest contacting mmglobal (contact info on this site) so that you might gain much more info/insight with regard to surgeons for your situation that you might want to consider and more details/info.

Good luck. I'm rather out of the loop since I stopped wanting to have more surgery at least lumbar after about 2006. Well actually I'm probably not an ADR candidate anymore nor are my current lumbar symptoms as severe at least at the time. Wishing you all the best with your information gathering and decision making stage. Maria