Anybody involved in a neurosurgery office?

[horseshowmom]

I was referred to a neurosurgeon. He required that I bring the actual film to his office as opposed to the CD. The hospital thought I must be mistaken until I showed them the orders from his office.

It's looking more and more like I may need surgery, and I'm wondering whether the fact that he wanted the films instead of a CD is any indication that he might not be as current as some other doctors. OTOH, it may mean nothing at all, and I'm satisfied with his office manner.

Any input?

 

[golfgal]

I was referred to a neurosurgeon. He required that I bring the actual film to his office as opposed to the CD. The hospital thought I must be mistaken until I showed them the orders from his office.

It's looking more and more like I may need surgery, and I'm wondering whether the fact that he wanted the films instead of a CD is any indication that he might not be as current as some other doctors. OTOH, it may mean nothing at all, and I'm satisfied with his office manner.

Any input?

Maybe he is frugal and doesn't want to reproduce the films again??? Maybe that is just the way they have "always done it". Maybe their computers are broken and the computer guy won't be there until 2 weeks from Thursday between 8 and 5 .

 

[horseshowmom]

Maybe he is frugal and doesn't want to reproduce the films again??? Maybe that is just the way they have "always done it". Maybe their computers are broken and the computer guy won't be there until 2 weeks from Thursday between 8 and 5 .

He's not real old (as in always done it this way) - probably mid-40's. He always has everybody bring films (not just this time).

Other doctors have always just put the CD in the computer and looked at it (like when my husband had a MRI and was sent to a specialist) so I don't think he has to reproduce the films (I could be wrong though).

If it's normal for doctors to do this, I won't worry about it. If it's not, I may want to check into other doctors.

 

[bigbabyblues]

DS had to have skull surgery, and we had to take the copy of the CT films to the neurosurgeon. We still have them. The neuro gave them back to us, and we called the radiology dept where the CT was done, and they said they don't want the copies back.

 

[golfgal]

He's not real old (as in always done it this way) - probably mid-40's. He always has everybody bring films (not just this time).

Other doctors have always just put the CD in the computer and looked at it (like when my husband had a MRI and was sent to a specialist) so I don't think he has to reproduce the films (I could be wrong though).

If it's normal for doctors to do this, I won't worry about it. If it's not, I may want to check into other doctors.

I would ask them why they do that but to me, there is more detail they can see on the actual films then a copy on a CD.

 

[treehugnmama]

my son also had skull surgery (craniosynostossis) and we also had to bring the films.

 

[honugirl]

My neurosurgeon always gets my films on disc. I've never sent actual film to him. Good luck! I hope everything works out for you. Honestly, my brain surgery was the least painful out of all the surgeries I've had... it was weird. And I felt better almost instantaneously.

 

[horseshowmom]

Thanks! I'm glad to hear that others actually require the films (makes me worry less that he might not be up-to-date for some reason).

 

[bigbabyblues]

my son also had skull surgery (craniosynostossis) and we also had to bring the films.

Sorry to hijack, but Craniosynostosis is what my DS had also! I've only known of one other family that has been through it. He was 15 months old when they found it and 18 months when he had his surgery.

Back to your regularly scheduled thread.

 

[smschex]

Not all radiology systems are compatible. Where I work, we know that we can not load the films from CD's from certain hospitals, so we request hard copies. It doesn't mean one or the other is not "up to date", just our systems don't work well together.

 

[happily single]

Once when ex-husband had an mri the doctor requested I bring in the actual films also. I'm a close friend of this doctor (business related) and asked him why he didn't want the CD. Bottom line was that his office was afraid of obtaining a virus or other corruption from the cd.

Hope that helps

 

[horseshowmom]

Thanks for all the good information! After reading these, I tried googling (didn't think about it before) and found a lot of neurosurgeon office websites that listed the actual film under "what to bring with you". I do feel better now.