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Subject:
Incorrect surgical practices
Category: Health > Alternative Asked by: tinypatient-ga List Price: $25.00 |
Posted:
21 Apr 2005 12:52 PDT
Expires: 21 May 2005 12:52 PDT Question ID: 512342 |
I was accidently diagnosed of a potentially malignant tumor in critical part of the body. I met with the top surgeons all over US who advised of immediate surgery citing very bad consequences including death if I did not go for immediate surgery. The list of clinics include top 10 hospitals in US. That was 3 years go. I monitored the situation, my diet and workout. Now some of clinics informed that may be there is no need for surgery at all. I believe the surgery was suggested in the first place because it is covered by insurances. I would like to write a book/article in this regard. I am looking for 1. Suggested reference material with similar cases 2. Legal implecations of using the names of the doctors/hospitals I have never written professional article/book. Any tips would be helpful. The message I would like to bring forth is that the surgical options need carefully studied. |
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Re: Incorrect surgical practices
From: pinkfreud-ga on 21 Apr 2005 13:06 PDT |
Surgical options are carefully studied. A physician who performs unnecessary surgeries can lose his hospital privileges and his license to practice medicine. The fact that, in your case, surgery was recommended, and you got better without the surgery does not mean that there was any wrongdoing here. It means that medicical science is not perfect. The outcome of treating (or not treating) an illness cannot always be known in advance. That isn't malpractice, it's just a fact: doctors, like other humans, are not omniscient. |
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Re: Incorrect surgical practices
From: myoarin-ga on 21 Apr 2005 14:07 PDT |
I quite agree, but there is an interesting statistic in Germany (no site, but told to me by an orthopedic doctor) that MDs themselves only have 1/5 as many operations as the total population. They just cannot happen to be that much healthier than everyone else, and I don't think they have a lower life-expectancy that would suggest that avoided necessary operations. Main thing is, you're apparently well, and certainly alive! :-) |
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Re: Incorrect surgical practices
From: tinypatient-ga on 23 Apr 2005 03:19 PDT |
The point is that there was not one surgeon - 10 top hospitals. Not only they said that I needed immediate surgery, they also informed that they were the best capable to do the surgery. Before seeing the doctor they take the impression of the insurance card. They called pre-emptively and found out that the surgeries are covered. Then insisted upon the surgery. The consequences were dire if not morse as they were to remove the critical parts of the body. The fact that a) I was not given alternative options b) It was covered by third party (insurance firms) suggests that surgeons are inclined for surgery even if they know that it is not completely harmless and it may not be required. I'd like to know of similar cases, studies to give full credit to the issue. |
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