Re: Not all US Orthopedic Surgeons are idiots!

[Guest guest]

Thank you Joe for posting this. I'm glad to see others who have had

positive experiences with their local OS. My Doctor, Dr. Ramus (

St. Louis, MO) was up front in saying he knew little about the procedure.

I told him quite a bit about it before I had it and he was interested and

agreed to do my follow-up. I also gave him a video of the surgery that

came from medical (a friend duped it) so he could see the actual

set-up. He was and still is fully supportive. He is the kind of

physician who moves with the times, not against it. Many OS's are

terrific.

Lois

C+ 3/27/03 Dr. Mont

Not all US Orthopedic Surgeons are idiots!

I know the word " idiot " is strong, but I am just trying get an

important point across. It is easy to hear about ALL the US

orthopedic surgeons who do not support resurfacing - afterall, people

are more vocal about negative experiences than the positive ones.

But I really wonder if the negative impressions regarding OS's who do

not support resurfacing are now creating an inappropriate stereotype.

My local OS, Dr. Knight, who is in Danville, California - yes I am

giving him a plug here because he really does deserve it - was

extremely supportive of my decision to have the resurfacing done. In

fact, he stated that he felt I was a good candidate for resurafcing,

and that the only down side would be if it didn't work he'd have to

do a THR - which would have eventually been necessary anyhow if I did

not have the resurfacing done. Furthermore, he and his office were a

tremendous aid in the follow-up and monitoring that was done after I

came home form the hospital - they even took care of my staple

removal.

So maybe we can get a few people who also had similar positive

experiences with their local US orthopedic surgeon to speak up - so

not everyone is given the impression that the only way to get an

endorsement for resurfacing is via surfacehippy postings.

Joe

Bilateral, 5/8/03, C+ Dr Amstutz

[Guest guest]

Thank you Joe for posting this. I'm glad to see others who have had

positive experiences with their local OS. My Doctor, Dr. Ramus (

St. Louis, MO) was up front in saying he knew little about the procedure.

I told him quite a bit about it before I had it and he was interested and

agreed to do my follow-up. I also gave him a video of the surgery that

came from medical (a friend duped it) so he could see the actual

set-up. He was and still is fully supportive. He is the kind of

physician who moves with the times, not against it. Many OS's are

terrific.

Lois

C+ 3/27/03 Dr. Mont

Not all US Orthopedic Surgeons are idiots!

I know the word " idiot " is strong, but I am just trying get an

important point across. It is easy to hear about ALL the US

orthopedic surgeons who do not support resurfacing - afterall, people

are more vocal about negative experiences than the positive ones.

But I really wonder if the negative impressions regarding OS's who do

not support resurfacing are now creating an inappropriate stereotype.

My local OS, Dr. Knight, who is in Danville, California - yes I am

giving him a plug here because he really does deserve it - was

extremely supportive of my decision to have the resurfacing done. In

fact, he stated that he felt I was a good candidate for resurafcing,

and that the only down side would be if it didn't work he'd have to

do a THR - which would have eventually been necessary anyhow if I did

not have the resurfacing done. Furthermore, he and his office were a

tremendous aid in the follow-up and monitoring that was done after I

came home form the hospital - they even took care of my staple

removal.

So maybe we can get a few people who also had similar positive

experiences with their local US orthopedic surgeon to speak up - so

not everyone is given the impression that the only way to get an

endorsement for resurfacing is via surfacehippy postings.

Joe

Bilateral, 5/8/03, C+ Dr Amstutz

[Guest guest]

Thank you Joe for posting this. I'm glad to see others who have had

positive experiences with their local OS. My Doctor, Dr. Ramus (

St. Louis, MO) was up front in saying he knew little about the procedure.

I told him quite a bit about it before I had it and he was interested and

agreed to do my follow-up. I also gave him a video of the surgery that

came from medical (a friend duped it) so he could see the actual

set-up. He was and still is fully supportive. He is the kind of

physician who moves with the times, not against it. Many OS's are

terrific.

Lois

C+ 3/27/03 Dr. Mont

Not all US Orthopedic Surgeons are idiots!

I know the word " idiot " is strong, but I am just trying get an

important point across. It is easy to hear about ALL the US

orthopedic surgeons who do not support resurfacing - afterall, people

are more vocal about negative experiences than the positive ones.

But I really wonder if the negative impressions regarding OS's who do

not support resurfacing are now creating an inappropriate stereotype.

My local OS, Dr. Knight, who is in Danville, California - yes I am

giving him a plug here because he really does deserve it - was

extremely supportive of my decision to have the resurfacing done. In

fact, he stated that he felt I was a good candidate for resurafcing,

and that the only down side would be if it didn't work he'd have to

do a THR - which would have eventually been necessary anyhow if I did

not have the resurfacing done. Furthermore, he and his office were a

tremendous aid in the follow-up and monitoring that was done after I

came home form the hospital - they even took care of my staple

removal.

So maybe we can get a few people who also had similar positive

experiences with their local US orthopedic surgeon to speak up - so

not everyone is given the impression that the only way to get an

endorsement for resurfacing is via surfacehippy postings.

Joe

Bilateral, 5/8/03, C+ Dr Amstutz