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Skyy God 07-13-2023 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Razaele (Post 17015461)
Do not fly to a third world country for a bargain basement surgery.
A “third world country” with equivalent (or better) life expectancies than the US, despite dramatically lower health care spending.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2016...0explain%20why.

Skyy God 07-13-2023 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 17015445)
Why do people have this misconception that American healthcare is the best? Honest question..if you go look into it, we aren't rated all that high at anything over than cost.
Typical blend of American ignorance and perceived exceptionalism.

https://youtu.be/KtJJC0nWs9s

Skyy God 07-13-2023 10:58 AM
Prague would be a nice place to spend a week.

https://www.treatmentabroad.com/cost...lacement-total

penguinz 07-13-2023 10:59 AM
My wife's uncle, who has plenty of $ to buy virtually anything he could ever want, got dental implants in Mexico to save a few dollars.

Not too long after spent significantly more than he would have in the US after they became severely infected and had to have his jaw reconstructed.

Mecca 07-13-2023 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by penguinz (Post 17015500)
My wife's uncle, who has plenty of $ to buy virtually anything he could ever want, got dental implants in Mexico to save a few dollars.

Not too long after spent significantly more than he would have in the US after they became severely infected and had to have his jaw reconstructed.
That shit can happen here too....

penguinz 07-13-2023 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 17015507)
That shit can happen here too....
I would rather take my chances here vs an oral surgeon setup in an office next to a donkey show.

Mecca 07-13-2023 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by penguinz (Post 17015510)
I would rather take my chances here vs an oral surgeon setup in an office next to a donkey show.
And that is fine do what you are comfortable with. Also depends on the other country all that but this idea that American healthcare is far and away the best is a myth.

LoneWolf 07-13-2023 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by loochy (Post 17015442)
What's the situation like in Belize?
How would he know? He's never been there.

Hawker007 07-13-2023 01:24 PM
Hell no, I wouldn't go anywhere away from home for an ACL surgery. I just had mine done a year ago (and meniscus) and you are in pretty bad shape the first week after it. Plus, you start physical therapy about a day or two after the surgery which is just as important as the surgery itself. No idea if the technology they use in Costa Rica is the same as here, but mine you can't even find any scars a year after the surgery.

scho63 07-13-2023 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Skyy God (Post 17015434)
You’re a moron on this topic, per usual.

Costa Rica chose to implement a cheap and effective community health program. Read a different long read on this a while ago.

Turns out focusing on heath and not profits works. Crazy idea!!

https://www.exemplars.health/stories...ess-due-to-phc
The only moron here is you and we all Belize it.

You going to Fantasy Island after Costa Rica?

Rain Man 07-13-2023 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 17015877)
The only moron here is you and we all Belize it.

You going to Fantasy Island after Costa Rica?
If Fantasy Island had been a real place, I figure that not a single episode would have been fit for mainstream television.

Shoes 07-13-2023 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 17014488)
My son just had his done in January..the Doctor told him he was using a cadaver unless he had any reason for him not to, first time injury etc. That basically if you do it any other way you add serious time to the recovery etc.
This is debated amongst orthopedic surgeons to my understanding.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/donor...20very%20well.

https://www.howardluksmd.com/acl-gra...t-fails-often/

The cadaver ACL repair has shown to fail more often especially in younger individuals.

GloryDayz 07-13-2023 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx (Post 17014414)
Has anyone here ever gone to another country for a medical procedure? If so, please share your experience if you are willing.

For those who have had an ACL repaired… can you tell me what I might be in for?

Long story short… I have no medical insurance and a torn ligament in my knee. Looking around and I find that I can get my ACL repaired AND stay a week in an all inclusive resort in Costa Rica for about 35% of the cost of doing it here in the US.

Even less in the Dominican Republic.

I’m leaning towards Costa Rica because they have world class medical centers there though vs in the DR where they are working with equipment from the 80s and 90s.
I'm an ACL. Military deal, not fully torn/severed, just "stretched", so all they did was take off some "floating" meniscus (because the ACL wasn't totally torn) and called it good.

What they had me do was build my hamstring strength instead of rip it all out. That was in the 80s so ACL surgery has come a long way, but I know this, the hamstrings are very key to knee stability.

seclark 07-13-2023 03:26 PM
I don’t know much about where you go to have this done, but from what I’ve read in this thread, the main thing is PT.
Rest and let it heal, then start flexing the joint and building up the muscles.

I did use this shock wrap thing around my upper thigh and quad that I hated, but I think really helped in the long run.
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KCJake 07-13-2023 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Chiefspants (Post 17014419)
I have a cousin who did this in Europe. She had a great experience with the doctors, got world class accommodations, and saved about 100K.

Just be careful on the way home, she got COVID on the flight back and it really complicated her recovery.
Saved $100,000 on a $7,500 surgey. I've got some ocean front property in Arizona for sale, you interested???


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