Laser Spine Institute

[mfwaldo]

Originally Posted by mmglobal

Rob... you might want to send a text message instead of posting your cell #...

Regarding Laser Spine... I've known several people who've been there. You must keep in mind that because of the nature of what I do, only failed patients are seeking my help. Because of this, I know several people who've been to Laser Spine... also to MicroSpine.

Unfortunately, some of the patients I know who believed that they were getting minimally invasive decompression surgery, later discovered that so much of the facet was removed that months later, when the destabilized system became painful and they were seeking further options, they discovered that they were no longer a candidate for disc replacement. Their first... allegedly minimally invasive surgery had been too aggressive and too much collateral damage had been done.

As with all things spine... it's probably not black and white. My guess is that they are very good at dealing with specific situations. If you are having spine surgery, please keep an eye towards the future and don't do something that may have short-term benefit and long term consequences. It's very difficult to sort all this out... do your homework... make informed decisions.

Good luck.... please keep us posted.

Mark

Mark-have u seen any bad or good results from spinal stenois?

[mmglobal]

mfwaldo... I know only a few patients who've been there. It's tough to ignore the anecdotal evidence. All of the surgeons will have many wonderful successes... including the worst of them. The best surgeons will also have many horrible failures. That is the nature of spine surgery. It's up to the patients to learn as much as they can and make informed decisions. In so many cases, we don't have the tools to learn what we need to know. It's too difficult to get throught the hype and spin. We still have to try.

Good luck... all the best,

Mark

[mmglobal]

mfwaldo... note your username now... Contact me if you want something different.

Mark

[mfwaldo]

That's fine. whar and where is alphklinik- Germany?

[mmglobal]

This is going to take a while... you have a lot of reading to do.

discogram is a painful test used to determine if your are experiencing 'discogenic' pain, or pain from the disc itself.

Maverick is a brand of ADR (Artificial Disc Replacement)

MISS is Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. That is what Laserspine and Microspine specialize in. That is what my wife will have at the AlphaKlinik (Munich, Germany) in about a week.

[mfwaldo]

Mark-i'm new to forum is there someplace i can fiure out what the following mean-DISOGRAM_ADR_MAVERICK_MISS??