Posted by doc on February 03, 2009 at 08:30:25:In Reply to: Re: A SURGEON'S SURGEON posted by Non-functional on February 01, 2009 at 13:24:38:
When researching for a good surgeon, you can speak with some of his patients. You can also find out where he does his operations and speak with the hospital staff. Some surgeons operate at several hospitals so it may be more difficult, but not impossible. You can call the hospital and find the extension to the operating room and just let them know who you are (it was easy for me as a physician). Ask the nurses about the surgeon they would choose to go to. It did not take much effort since I had my secretary find the numbers and I spoke with the nurses myself. At least for Stanford, it turned out that they had two or three different operating room facilities and I had to make a few calls to get to KL's rooms. This was the same for two other surgeon's on my list.
In order to get detailed information on different operations, you can go to pubmed.gov. For example, if you look up tracheotomy, you will see that this operation is published in the ENT literature and not oral surgery literature. I know there can be many possible complications with MMA, but airway obstruction after surgery was one thing I did not want!
The purpose of my initial post was simply to share my experience on the personal touch and attention given to me by KL since you can't really see that part of a surgeon unless you go through it yourself. I was simply amazed that HE actually takes care of his patients from the beginning to the end.
I have been looking through this site the past few days and found it to be a great place for patient support. Many great contributors have given their time and effort. I don't think I will be able to add more. Best of luck to you all. This is my last post.