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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / August 2005Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Looking for recommendations for a good ENT surgeon to perform Endoscopic Sinus Surgery to remove fungal infection detected in CT scan. I heard that Injury to the Eye or Brain is possible during this surgery. How common is that? How to avoid it? Once a surgeon is picked, is it possible to check his/her history of surgery? Do you just call up the hospital? Is it possible to get a record of how many Endoscopic Sinus Surgeries that surgeon has performed and how many were successful, what were the complications after the surgery etc. How many years of experience should the surgeon have for doing this Endoscopic Sinus Surgery successfully? >Looking for recommendations for a good ENT surgeon to perform >Endoscopic Sinus Surgery to remove fungal infection detected in CT >scan. What is the origin and type of the Fungal Infection? >I heard that Injury to the Eye or Brain is possible during this >surgery. How common is that? How to avoid it? Oh it's extremely rare but can occur. They can just repair a leak if it happens. Wise choice of surgeon should prevent it or allow repair if it occurs. >Once a surgeon is picked, is it possible to check his/her history of >surgery? Do you just call up the hospital? Is it possible to get a >record of how many Endoscopic Sinus Surgeries that surgeon has >performed and how many were successful, what were the complications >after the surgery etc. I'd go manly by reputation. Look in Best doctors in America etc. And look at published papers. If you talk to the ENT Dept at a major University medical center, they will give you the experience and background of their surgeons. Usualyy they will have just a couple doing most of the surgery. They will have a chief surgeon or equivalent. Often it is on the Internet. Where are you? >How many years of experience should the surgeon have for doing this >Endoscopic Sinus Surgery successfully? I don;t know if terhe is a hard number but at least a decade or two.. I am trying to find a good reputed ENT surgeon in Kansas City, Missouri area. Please let me know. I think Best Doctors in America service can be accessed only thru employer or isurer. Individuals can not access it. >I am trying to find a good reputed ENT surgeon in Kansas City, Missouri >area. Please let me know. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/rankings/specihqotol.htm lists U. of Iowa as top-rated if that is not too far. Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis is also very highly rated. I am sure there are others too. >I think Best Doctors in America service can be accessed only thru >employer or isurer. Individuals can not access it. The older edition is in my public library and is still a good source. >>I am trying to find a good reputed ENT surgeon in Kansas City, Missouri >>area. Please let me know. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis is also very highly > rated. St. Louis is about 200 miles from Kansas City. Besides the U.S. News & World Report roundup, it would be very useful to this NG to have some kind of directory of other recommended surgeons. Perhaps those of us who have had good luck with some surgeon would be willing to recommend him to others, and we could keep a list. Such a list might be the most useful thing in our FAQ.  SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. >Besides the U.S. News & World Report roundup, it would be very useful to >this NG to have some kind of directory of other recommended surgeons. >Perhaps those of us who have had good luck with some surgeon would be >willing to recommend him to others, and we could keep a list. Such a >list might be the most useful thing in our FAQ. You are right! By the way, we can post your earlier draft FAQ on the website if you want in s separate section (Old faq and new faq). If other peopel I could possibly set up a Wiki so that anyone could post in certain sections, but I am a little afraid of the effort to prevent spamming. Also it makes the website a bit non-portable to use such specialized software. On 8/21/05 7:04 AM, in article MR%Ne.9792$RS.579@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net, "Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote: >>> I am trying to find a good reputed ENT surgeon in Kansas City, Missouri >>> area. Please let me know. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > willing to recommend him to others, and we could keep a list. Such a > list might be the most useful thing in our FAQ. I recommend asking your doctor whom he would send his family to. Your own doctor is much better at selecting best doctor than some artificial list. > I am trying to find a good reputed ENT surgeon in Kansas City, Missouri > area. Please let me know. If you can travel to Saint Louis Missouri, then Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis is rated by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 10 in the U.S. for ENT departments: http://tinyurl.com/bqk2f SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. |
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