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Re: ACL Reconstruction / Jon Doe or Hamstring?

Posted By: Joel
Date: Friday, 5 September 2008, at 4:03 p.m.

In Response To: Re: ACL Reconstruction / Jon Doe or Hamstring? (drmark)

Do you think it is inappropriate to simply ask him how many of these procedures he's performed?

I'd hate to ask for someone's credentials like that, but I feel like my life is hanging in the balance here (very active martial artist... it's a big part of my life)

> The problem is perhaps in his hands an allograft is a
> better procedure. An autograft patella recon is a better
> operation, but there is less room for error. It is very
> unforgiving. Its best to have this procedure done by
> someone who does it all the time.

> While I don't the the current Chairman at St. Vincents (I
> have been out of NYC for 25 years) being a Chairperson
> don't automatically mean the guy doenst have two left
> hands. If my memory serves me, many Chair people are good
> with comittees, and book chapters, but can't cut their way
> out of a wet paper bag. Its for those reasons that many of
> these folks seek administrative responsibilities.

> (I would rather go to jail than sit on some of those
> hospital comittees. Like the dietary comittee, deciding
> whether or not mushy and overcooked peas or carrrots should
> be serve on the fifth floor)

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