Originally Posted by Icanraceit (Post 97215)

Oh plus as he stood up he said that he had spent a lot of time with us and he had to run. Oh and I scheduled two time slots as to not effect others appointments and he was an hour late seeing us.

Originally Posted by Vicki_in_Florida (Post 97225)

If I need another ADR, it will be with Dr. Dare.
I have exchanged several emails with him and feel pretty confident that he would be fine for me. He has done many surgeries, he just doesn't have alot of his patients posting on this forum. He kinda gets talked about like he's a newbie, but he's not. He doesn't have as much experience as Nick Boeree did, but he didn't graduate last week either.
I found him very knowledgeable, and answered all my questions pretty much the same way Nick did. Dr. Dare has my vote if I need another ADR.

Originally Posted by JeffR (Post 97165)

Since you consolidated I am going to paste my answer from the other thread here:

If you are looking outside the U.S. Dr. Pablo Clavel (Medical tourism in Spain and spine surgery - Barcelona Spine Center) is a good choice, some reasons for recommending him:

1. He did my surgery :P which I consider a success thus far (3 levels 8 weeks in)
2. Overall reputation for quality work on this board (search the forums)
3. He has an excellent bedside manner and exhudes confidence, but not arrogance
4. The value at his clinic hits the sweet spot, cheaper than Germany but much higher quality than India or the like
5. The overall package and the people on his team - top notch, relatively easy to get a hold of and deal with
6. Barcelona - the city is awesome, arrive early
7. The number of procedures he has done, he has implanted well over a 1000 M6s and has done numerous multi-levels

I could go on but I would highly recommend you comb the forums to read patient stories, this is the best way to get a feel for his quality and what to expect. Also arrange a phone consult with him.

Good Luck,

-Jeff

Originally Posted by jss (Post 97180)

Matt,

- Christopher Dare, Hampshire, England - While there have been only two of his patients on this site (both would go to him again), he was the understudy of the late Nick Boeree. We know not a lot about Mr Dare, but as the understudy of the most highly spoken of spine surgeon to which I've had any exposure, Mr Dare warrants consideration.

Originally Posted by JeffR (Post 97221)

No worries we've all been there.

One thing though - it is true that the FDA testing is more stringent than European testing to get approval for implantation, however in some ways this is a BAD thing in that it takes soo much money and time that good products like the M6 just can't get approved (yet).

I would look at the 10,000+ M6s installed as a pretty good sample set though, you basically have to scour to get a bad result and it is always surgical error, there is no evidence of device failure at this point.