I've heard nothing but good things about Dr. Jho. I understand that a lot of people make the trip to Pittsburgh for his minimally invasive surgeries.
I think the plan most people use is to contact his office and make arrangements to send him their films. He reviews them and lets you know if he thinks you would be a candidate for his type of surgery.
Hi, I have been trying to get an appointment for 3 months with Dr. JHo, yes he is at Allegheny General, my doctor had to fax them all my records and call for the appointment, they keep putting us off, I finally called about 2 weeks ago and they said he is booked until June and then he is going away. My doc says she heard he was going to teach, also, she has a patient who had surgery with him 3 months ago, he is having problems and Dr. Jho is not returning any of his phone calls, he now has to find someone else. I think he is another Doctor who is too busy now to take care of his patients if you can become one. Dr. Janetta is the same way, he also is suppose to be good but you must have your doctor send all records and they will decide if you can have an appointment good luck
gcb in pgh
Hello
From what I have heard Dr. Jho is about the best there is. It is no wonder he is very busy he does alot of surgery on pro ball players and pro wrestlers who have neck problems. One of his patients who he operated on for a neck injury was back wrestling in 6 weeks. Well good luck getting in to see him. I hope everyone has a blessed evening.
TINCAN
LAMINECTOMY L5-S1
DISKTECTOMY L5-S1
FUSION L5-S1 WITH HARDWARE
BONE SPURS
MEGA SCAR TISSUE
DDD UP TO THORASIC AREA
STENOSIS
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DISK BULGE L4-S1
I too have heard that he is the best which is why I wanted him to see me.
Maybe he only sees big time sports people with problems because I could not get an appointment. Anyone hear about him teaching, his office would only tell me that he was going away in June.
Tincan, I feel bad that you have all that surgery, are you from around Pittsburgh, who is your doctor?
I too have heard that he is the best which is why I wanted him to see me.
Maybe he only sees big time sports people with problems because I could not get an appointment. Anyone hear about him teaching, his office would only tell me that he was going away in June.
Tincan, I feel bad that you have all that surgery, are you from around Pittsburgh, who is your doctor?
Ya know Dr. Flanagan is a young doctor up to snuff on the books. He did a real nice job on my back, Yeah it still hurts, But I cant blame it on him, Eveyone heals different. But they wont see you, If you had surgery before, your done, I do know this quack,Dr Ozgood who will butcher, I mean fix you up. There are way to many horror stories I've heard about him, My wife's uncle seen him twice, He screwed the first surgery up, He had to go back for seconds. He still see's him ? He is out of Altoona PA. Thats probably the only Dr I havent called,,
Thanks to all that have answered my question about Dr. Jho. I was able to get a phone call from his office this morning, but unfortunately I missed it. I had sent two emails and no answer, was surprised that they called me back, but now he's leaving in June? just my luck. There's a Dr. in Calif. that does just minimally invasive surgery, I guess I will have to pursue that further. One question, how does one get duplicates of mri's or cat scans?
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Thanks to all that have answered my question about Dr. Jho. I was able to get a phone call from his office this morning, but unfortunately I missed it. I had sent two emails and no answer, was surprised that they called me back, but now he's leaving in June? just my luck. There's a Dr **** in Calif. that does just minimally invasive surgery, I guess I will have to pursue that further. One question, how does one get duplicates of mri's or cat scans?
where ever you had them takin, Ask for copies, You might have to pay like $5.00 for them
I heard that Dr. Jho is suppose to be back in Sept. I can't seem to get a hold of them at all. There are so few of these doctors, I suppose they are just stampeded.
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Last year I sent all my films and reports to Dr. Jho, I was lucky it was at a time he was in the office and he got back to me right away my condition however is not operable but I felt better hearing it from the BEST.
He is a very busy dr of course cause he is the one that invented the procedure he does and the reason he is gone so much is because he is teaching others to do what he does so well. He also reviewed all my info at no charge.
As for getting a copy of your film most places charge no fee for the first set but when requesting another there is a fee per sheet, some places now are even putting the pics on CD'S I wish they did around here it would be so much more nicer then carrying around this big heavt stack of film.Anyway call where you had yours done and request them, some places will say they are their property not yours and will offer to send them out for you to where your going or tell you to return them, if they offer to send them tel them you will feel better to have them in hand when you go and if they ask you to return them well I just don't.Please becareful with them when you do get them as to not damage them by bending or placing inthe sun.
Linda
Hi,
You stated that yours is not operable, by that do you mean that no one could operate, or that just he would not operate? I just got through talking to a gal there and I am suppose to send in the MRI but she said he did not want the cd's she said he wouldn't take them. Did they send your MRI's right back to you or not? I have to pick up a copy of mine tomorrow, no fee. Thanks so much for info. Hope things work out for you. Bell
No mine condition is not operable period at this time as it is to dangerous, I sent my film and reports to him because I just refused to believe all the drs I had seen, believe with the hoops they have had me jumping through I had no reason to believe them, I trust him completly though and believe you have made a wise choice, I kind of went overboard sending mine, I went to a place that mails boxes and ect. and had them send them and insured them in case of loss because it's so expensive to get them replaced, his office will ship them back to you at no expense if you don't mind them sending them back regular postage if you want them sent any other way you need to purchace a pre-paid sticker and put that in with your reports and film and instruct them how you want them sent back, I also didn't want to waste any time getting them back as I had other apps. scheduled, I have to say all my dealings with him went a very timely maner and he called me personally to tell me what he found and when I had questions after I called and spoke to his associate. Please let me know how this works for you.
Linda
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Linda,
Thank you for your information, what made you feel that Dr Jho was more trust worthy then the rest, I have been so frustrated with the ones I've seen so far, that I have a hard time making myself want to see any of them. My problem is I don't know if I can wait 4 more months, I have more and more problems walking,
so know the problem is progressing. I guess I'll have a pow wow with the guy in the sky and see if I can get a reprieve. Bell
Research and more research and his name comes up everywhere and the fact that he is in such demand and the fact that he is gone so much teaching others the techniques and surgeries that he invented.
On the same hand many and most that are in need of him can't afford to wait for him whichis sad and yet good that he is teaching others, I know I have been going through all this now for about 6 yrs and his is the name that always comes to light.
Now on the other hand since I haven't been able to use him, I can't personaly vouch for him but I am only stating what I have seen throughout all my research and if I was operable he s the one I would go to.
Hope this helps hon but whenit all comes to the line we have to chose for ourselves and this is the reason I believe in being as knowledgeable as possible.
Your in my thoughts for a great outcome.
Linda
Linda,
Does anyone know who these other Doctors are that he is teaching?
It is good that he is showing others, as the demand is certainly there, What will you do now, since your problem is inoperable, is there anything that can be done? Now or in the future? Life is the berry's isn't it, can hardly take a breathe when something else pops up to give us grief. While I am sending up smoke I'll send some up for you to. Have a great day.....Bell.
HI, .I do know that he spends a deal of time overseas teaching also, I know when I contacted him he had just got back from several months over sea.
As for me for my lumbar and S1 nerve damage I just had a SCS implant done to try to mask the pain as the drs have said the damage is permananat and I can only pray it doesn't get worse and as for the thoracic cord comp. that is a day to day thing, they said to operate the out come would most likley be paraylisis and the chance it could happen anyway is there but until it should become life threatening they won't operate, I have so many restrictions life is limited but on the other hand I know it could be so much worse as I'm still walking and gettting around at this point, I have problems in the cervical also but at this time it is only occasional flare ups so I don't mess with it.
I truly hope that Dr. Jho is able to help you and I can't list or even think of the names right now but there are a few other drs that do MI procedures that are really good.
Yea send up smoke for me okay, I had the implant on feb. 22 and went back yesterday and had to have a revision the leads had fallen and believe me the pain for the 2 surgery is much worse, they had thought they would only have to reopen one incision but ended up doing both again.
Linda
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I keep asking if anyone has heard of Dr Kleeman in New Hampshire, he is doing what they call port-hole decompression, He uses windows, sort of look like boxes along the spine but doesn't have to mess with the spinal cord at all, or remove the lamina, which would definately destabilize my spine.
From what I've heard he has had pretty good sucess, have also been in touch with him and will be sending my MRI there as well, I think it is similiar too Dr. Jhos procedure, only maybe has more room to work in it, as the openings seem to be a little bigger.
What are leads? Is your lumbar and S1 caused by stenosis? Mine is, I can barely walk, numb all the way down to my toes under and over my foot and other side feels sort of iffy, One Ortho wanted to do fusion, cages, and the other NS said just a laminectomy for now, and if anything happened I could always go for the fusion. The MRI shows I have a smaller then usual Canal and I've had it from birth, it's squeezing the cord, so no matter how I stand it makes everything go numb. Now I know why I've had back problems my whole life.
Hope you will get past the pain soon, I was just thinking did you mean leads that ran from the SCS implant? What is a thoracic cord compression? You can see I am not medically up to snuff. Bell
It sounds as if you have been doing your research and I think it's great that you are sending your film and records out to more then one dr.
Leads are the wires that they implanted at about the T-9 that go down to the right butt cheek and connect to the generator(battery)to run the stimulation the leads fell and caused the stimulation to work in one small area in my upper hip and waist and not in my legs so the had to go in and replace the leads and hook them back up, I'm praying this works as it's my last resourse really and to top it off found out last night hubby is losing his job which means our ins. so don't know what I'll do know as I'm on alot of meds and have other medical issues, oh well always something.
Mine started when I fell at work and well I got jerked around until I lost claim and then I found out through an EMG that the S1 nerve had been damaged abd that the T7-8 had spinal cord comprresion.My lumbar problems are much like yours I think I have a lot of pain from the lower back and down both legs and a lot of the numbness and all and at times walking is almost impossible as I never know when they will just give out.
Again I wish you the very best and let me know what yu do.
Linda
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