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Originally Posted by 784caroline
WOW are you saying he is doing outpaitent total knee replacement surgeries if you have other than Medicare insurance. I know he is good but alot of things can happen (primarily blood clots). I have medicare but also BC/BS and his office secures a 5 day hospital stay approval from BC/BS in advance even though we only use one. There are added out of pocket costs with a hospital stay when you only have insurance such as BCBS, but a TKR is a major surgery and we in TV live 1:30 minutes if we would ever have to get back to see him quickly!! Not sure I would be willing to take that risk!
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STOP for just a second! You are always at risk when undergoing minor or major surgery. Dr. Nguyen does not perform TKRs then roll you out the door as you seem to be thinking. In Nov of 2013 I was a NON medicare patient of Dr. Nguyen, and received a total TKR on a Monday morning at the Florida Hospital Altamonte. After a tremendous amount of professional care from Dr. Nguyen, physical therapists, a hospital staff, I was released later in the afternoon on tuesday. I had excellent follow up care that included Dr. Nguyens monitoring my physical rehabilitation, which was very successful.
I am relating my personal experience with a very qualified health care professional. I don't care who uses what doctor for any procedure. I know that Dr. Nguyen is not going to risk his patients well being for any reason.