[Cynlite]

It seems that just about every surgeon has a failure under his belt. This is the concern that weighs on my mind should I go to Germany or Spain for surgery. If I go abroad for surgery and then return with problems, I will be in a pickle. The European surgeons are just too far ahead of the U.S. so, it seems the U.S. surgeons are not able to offer much help after the fact. I keep looking for reasons to justify staying in the states for surgery but, it's difficult because of the differences in experience. I'm worried that the disc will not be the right size, not placed properly or moves after surgery? These are the problems I read about here in the forums.

I posted the list of all the ADR doctors best known in the U.S. There are some surgeons on the list that many here have had successful surgeries with and gone back to living there lives. Dr. Yeung on the list in Arizona where I live only uses the Prodisc. With better technology available, I would not even consider that disc. I hope to go see the Mobi-C specialist at the Barrow Institute but, even then I'm pretty sure that he hasn't completed a two level surgery or it would be in the news. There is only one surgeon in Arizona that has completed a two level that I've read about. I'm not sure there is anyone in the country with a lot of experience doing two levels.

I think that if I stay in the states, I'll have to pay out of pocket and go to another state. Doesn't that put me in the same boat of issues as going to Europe? Are there any really great surgeons in the U.S. that have the experience I can trust to do a two level cervical disc replacement since it's so new here? Dr. Bierstedt thinks I need to replace two discs. Hopefully, I'll conclude that is too aggressive. I guess I'll have to wait and see what the other surgeons have to say. My pain specialist thinks I am making things too complicated by going to so many surgeons. I think, how can I not if I want to find the right answer for me?