Dear 2Confused,
I will accept that you are correct. Any doctor here in the U.S. will charge a consultation fee, so it should be no different in Europe. It is an added bonus that some surgeons like Dr. Bierstedt will do a consultation for free. However, I agree with ANSNJ that post-op questions should be answered in a timely fashion. IMO, surgeons here or abroad should be available for follow-up for post-op issues for a certain period of time a no cost. In fact my insurance requires surgeons to offer 90 days of post-op care at no cost. After that period of time, they are free to charge as usual.
I haven't read the postings on these boards as much as I did prior to my surgery. If what ANSNJ is saying is the case, and Dr. Clavel isn't getting back to post-op patients with their issues, I would be concerned about using him. That doesn't mean I wouldn't. If I had a box with one side of positives and one of negatives, this issue would hit the negative side (if determined to really be the case).
Gene
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Car Accident 2002 - Small Herniated Disc C3/C4
1998 Larger Herniation and Cervical Fusion C3/C4
2005 Herniation C4/C5 - 40 epidural steroid injections from Oct 2005, - Oct, 2007
2008 - Foraminotomy at C6/C7 on left side
Feb, 2010 - Cervical Fusion C4/C5
Dec, 2010 - Lumbar Fusion L3/L5
2013 - Bulge on C5/C6; herniation C6/C7 right side
Mar 26, 2013 - Foraminotomy at C6/C7 on right side
May 5, 2015 - ADR with Dr Blumenthal of TBI for C5/C6 using Mobi-C
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