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Post by Sally & Kobe on Nov 8, 2013 9:05:37 GMT -7
While we're the home of The Ohio State University Veterinary College, just wondering if there specific recommendations. Sally and Kobe
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Post by bc on Feb 26, 2014 8:07:31 GMT -7
Dr. Bianca Hettlich is an excellent veterinary neurosurgeon at Ohio State. If your dogs need surgery, I highly recommend her. She is a board certified surgeon (ACVS). She has done 5 IVDD surgeries for my dogs in the past with excellent result and has extensive experience with IVDD surgery.
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Post by Lauren & Klaus on Jul 24, 2014 8:50:08 GMT -7
I know this is an old post, but we went through the Columbus MedVet system for our dachshund Klaus' surgery. They came highly recommended. Specifically, Dr. Barbara Lightner who is also a board certified surgeon (DAVCS). She did an excellent job.
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Post by Teresa & Vida on Aug 8, 2014 12:22:24 GMT -7
We brought our little terrier mix home today. She had surgery Wednesday at OSU in Columbus. Dr Cook is her neurologist/surgeon. We are super happy with the entire experience. Dr. De La Costa saw her last Friday when we first took her in and I liked him, too. He is on vacation this week. Vida is in a clinical trial for the use of harmonic aries blades, instead of the regular blades and we are excited about that. Total cost was $3600, including the MRI. And after her 30 day follow-up, we will get $750 back for letting her participate in the clinical trial. We were told the cost of the MRI would be about $2000 and the surgery would be another $2500. The costs were lower in part because she did so well. If normal is a 10 and dying is a 1, we took her in at what seemed to be about a 3. Her quality of life was very low. When we picked her up today, she was a solid 7! She walked normally without knuckling, her legs crossed a little, but very little. When we took her in, she was constantly knuckling, when she could stand. She couldn't get up on her own and she fell over frequently, though she could take one or maybe two steps if we helped her stand. The change in her was a miracle! She has staples in her back and is on pain meds, but she is 1000% better! Everyone we came in contact with, the parking lot guy, the registration people, the senior vet students, and the neurologists were incredibly empathetic and seemed to truly love their job and their patients. While she was at the hospital, her doctor and her senior vet student assistant called us daily. And watching Vida with these people, because she isn't very good with strangers, assured me that they had been good to her. It turns out, OSU vet hospital is 5th in the nation and has been for several years. We are grateful we lived close enough to take our Vida to OSU vet hospital. We are optimistic for a full recovery. I
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Post by loalee75 on Aug 17, 2014 2:52:50 GMT -7
Hi, Lauren. Could you tell me which MedVet you took your doxie to? I recently relocated to the Columbus area and my 8 yr old Black and Tan is starting to show symptoms. I know it's not a cheap procedure, so I just assume get her to the right place to see the right doctors right off the bat.
Hope Klaus is doing well. My red dachshund had her surgery just over a year ago (in Decatur Alabama) and she started walking about a month after surgery. The toughest part was expressing the bladder, but after I got the hang of it, it wasn't so bad.
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Post by Lauren & Klaus on Aug 21, 2014 14:07:42 GMT -7
We went to MedVet Hilliard as we live in Dublin, but I've heard good things about both campuses. The main campus in Worthington is where all the specialists are.
Klaus is doing really well. After 5 weeks post op the surgeon has given him the thumbs up on graduating from crate rest and has evaluated him at 75% of of his pre op condition. We are really happy with how far he’s come in such a short time. I hope you find the doctors you need!
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