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To: Taro who wrote (459272)	2/25/2009 11:34:39 AM
From: Road Walker	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578880

,i>My brother in law, a cardiologist, claims that the best place by far to have open heart surgery is in the US. De Bakey pioneered that and with volume and a lot of routine the US does the best job at very reasonable prices. My sister, however, needed hip replacement and that was done in Finland, where they have many years routine in hip preservation based hip joint replacement. As for gastro intestinal surgery, Germany offers consistent high quality service levels almost independent of where you go. Yep, it's not simple as some like to make it. "USA, USA, USA, USA!!!!".

To: Taro who wrote (459272)	2/25/2009 11:37:56 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578880

My brother in law, a cardiologist, claims that the best place by far to have open heart surgery is in the US. De Bakey pioneered that and with volume and a lot of routine the US does the best job at very reasonable prices. My sister, however, needed hip replacement and that was done in Finland, where they have many years routine in hip preservation based hip joint replacement. As for gastro intestinal surgery, Germany offers consistent high quality service levels almost independent of where you go. I do believe that surgical techniques tend to spread rapidly through the countries that are major players, so you quickly get a good quality of surgery in lots of places. HOWEVER, facilities, and access to materials and equipment, are more limited in some places. But the key to health care today and for the future is nonsurgical intervention and prevention. This is where the true technical advances are happening. For example, 20 years ago total knee replacement was hailed as the solution for degenerative diseases of the knee. But the hospital stay was ten days (in one case I know of, 30), painful, with a very long rehab period. Today, there are tons of good treatments that may allow many people to avoid having knee surgery altogether. Knee surgery has always been about as invasive as you can get but today there are minimally invasive techniques that are being applied in many cases allowing the patient to leave the hospital SAME DAY. This is cost cutting at its best, while delivering better outcomes for the patient. Right here in the USA.