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jerseygirl

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New article on the effects of surgery as AN treatment
« on: December 08, 2010, 08:35:25 am »
Hi,

I just spotted this article in the news today. It deals with surgery as AN treatment. 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101207121433.htm

Hope you find it just as interesting as I did.

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Re: New article on the effects of surgery as AN treatment
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2010, 08:59:28 am »
Interesting article. Thanks for the info.

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Re: New article on the effects of surgery as AN treatment
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2010, 09:48:15 am »
Eve .....

Thanks for the good article!

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Re: New article on the effects of surgery as AN treatment
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2010, 12:10:11 pm »
Eve:

Thanks for the article I found it very informative.

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Re: New article on the effects of surgery as AN treatment
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2010, 03:49:49 pm »
Eve ~

The article makes an excellent case for AN surgery - with the results to back it up.  Thanks for the information. 

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Re: New article on the effects of surgery as AN treatment
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2010, 08:51:11 pm »
Thanks for posting, I found it interesting that 11% of patients had headaches pre-op.  I had ALL the Dr's I met with tell me my headaches were not related...
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Re: New article on the effects of surgery as AN treatment
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2010, 06:47:12 pm »
Thanks, good stuff.
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Re: New article on the effects of surgery as AN treatment
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2010, 09:47:03 pm »
Thanks, Eve!

I think what I found most interesting (and scary!) was that their youngest patient was only 9!  Yikes, that's young!

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Re: New article on the effects of surgery as AN treatment
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2011, 12:03:53 pm »
I wish they would give statistics of the outcome , after the trans:: surgery. Over 2 years with major head pressure and nerve pain and balance problems that Never go away.
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Re: New article on the effects of surgery as AN treatment
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2011, 11:53:53 am »
Hey there Jerseygirl,

 Great article. Thanks for posting!
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Re: New article on the effects of surgery as AN treatment
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2011, 08:59:31 pm »
Interesting article.

I wish i had these guys do my surgery!


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