Author: Foot Doc
Date: 6/13/2007 4:51 pm PDT
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DISCLAIMER:
THE FOLLOWING IS OFFERED GRATIS AS GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY, AND, AS SUCH, MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONER AND/OR HIS/HER PROBLEM. IT IS CLEARLY NOT BASED ON ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE AND/OR EXAMINATION OF THE QUESTIONER OR HIS/HER MEDICAL HISTORY, AND IT CAN NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS DEFINITIVE MEDICAL OPINION OR ADVICE. ONLY THROUGH HANDS- ON PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE ACTUAL PATIENT CAN ACCURATE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS BE ESTABLISHED AND SPECIFIC ADVICE BE GIVEN. NO DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IS CREATED OR ESTABLISHED OR MAY BE INFERRED. THE QUESTIONER AND/OR READER IS INSTRUCTED TO CONSULT HIS OR HER OWN DOCTOR BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY SUGGESTIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, AND TO ACT ONLY UPON HIS/HER OWN DOCTOR’S ORDERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. BY THE READING OF MY POSTING WHICH FOLLOWS, THE READER STIPULATES AND CONFIRMS THAT HE/SHE FULLY UNDERSTANDS THIS DISCLAIMER AND HOLDS HARMLESS THIS WRITER. IF THIS IS NOT FULLY AGREEABLE TO YOU, THE READER, AND/OR YOU HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 18 YEARS, YOU HEREBY ARE ADMONISHED TO READ NO FURTHER.
***********************************************************All of your questions relate directly to your specific situation, and I'm certain that you would not desire or wish to rely and act upon advice of a general nature which does not consider the specifics of which only one who has examined and treated you might be privy. Part of being a good surgeon is to be able to evaluate and effectively treat the complications which inevitably arise from time to time when performing surgery. There are no "one size fits all" answers to your questions.
Forums such as this are inappropriate venues for obtain specific recommendations for individual problems, especially unanticipated complications, as such problems are necessarily evaluated and treated on their individual merits. Jones fracture do sometimes present special healing problems due to the less than ideal circulation which is often found in the particular area which defines such a fracture.
Insurance coverage is a matter frequently outside of medical considerations alone, and as such is a matter between you, your doctor and the insurer, and often varies from insurer to insurer. The issue of whether a bone stimulator is appropriate treatment may be quite different from whether it will be covered by a third party. But, as you should have been made aware from the get-go, there are no guarantees of results in medicine. |
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