Dr Mont has stopped resurfacing

[Guest guest]

I called Dr mont's office on monday to try and make an

appointment. His nurse said that he has stopped his resurfacing

procedure for the present time. She said he was asked to stop

his " study " . She would not go into details and that I should check

back with her in a couple of weeks.

I hope someone has more details they can share.

[Guest guest]

Because the resurfacing procedures in the US are part of the

continuation of clinical trials, they are performed under the rules of

the FDA. One of the (many) restrictions is that they must

periodically be reviewed. They have been reviewed before and each

time the FDA requires that they stop surgery until the review is

complete. If you look through the archives of this list, you will see

messages similar to yours from previous times when the surgeries were

put on hold.

Just keep in touch with his office so you get the word immediately

when they are " cleared " to resume.

> I called Dr mont's office on monday to try and make an

> appointment. His nurse said that he has stopped his resurfacing

> procedure for the present time. She said he was asked to stop

> his " study " . She would not go into details and that I should check

> back with her in a couple of weeks.

> I hope someone has more details they can share.

[Guest guest]

I know that each doctor in the US is allotted so many implants by the

manufacturer each year as part of the FDA study. Usually, the doctors with more

experience get more allotted implants. Perhaps Dr. Mont has used us his quota

and has not yet been given a new allotment. If they work on a calendar year,

maybe the 2004s are in yet.

From: donzijon

To: surfacehippy

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:32:50 -0000

Subject: Dr Mont has stopped resurfacing

I called Dr mont's office on monday to try and make an appointment. His

nurse said that he has stopped his resurfacing procedure for the present

time. She said he was asked to stop his " study " . She would not go into

details and that I should check back with her in a couple of weeks. I

hope someone has more details they can share. Yahoo! Groups

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[Guest guest]

> I called Dr mont's office on monday to try and make an

> appointment. His nurse said that he has stopped his resurfacing

> procedure for the present time. She said he was asked to stop

> his " study " . She would not go into details and that I should

check

> back with her in a couple of weeks.

> I hope someone has more details they can share.

This is a reminder for all of us who are part of the trials to

continue to go to our annual checkups so that newbys can get

theirs. The reviews allow the Physicians to request more

devices. They need to have data on somewhere over 85% of the

patients that they operate on and will have to scramble to call and

get data from those who do not follow up if they don't have the

data to submit.

Jeff