Hello,
If you had the choice between these two considering your budget, which one will you prefer going to? Both are top notch doctors at very reasonable price.
The only drawback is the countries they are located in i.e., South Africa and India, the hospitals, and their lack of diaries? Plus Parihar has minimal experience doing precise on a patient, only one we know is Penguin.
Quote from: notimportant on March 15, 2017, 08:40:20 PMIf you are n a budget those are the best internal options
Yes but which one would you chose going to?
Quote from: notimportant on March 15, 2017, 08:54:28 PMBoth are far away from home but Dr Birkholtz has more experience in internals and he lives nearer. Where do you live?
Canada but my hometown is near India, which means visiting India won't be as much alienating. I don't mind Birkholtz since the location where he's at is actually beautiful, but the thought of going to Africa makes me uncomfortable for some reason. I'm just seeking what people here would go with as part of my research.
Quote from: goldenegg on March 15, 2017, 09:44:16 PMin my opinion, dr birkholtz would be the obvious choice for the main reason that he simply seems to have a lot more experience with precice than dr parihar. I'm kinda paranoid in that I personally wouldn't be comfortable being any doctor's patient the first couple times doing a certain method, but that's up to you
Penguin is his first and only precice patient so far and I think it's still a bit too early to judge the outcome. It's a little concerning since he has not consolidated yet over 6 months post op, even though he is a pretty young guy. hopefully it's just a case of bad genetics and just really slow consolidation which could happen to anybody. I'm hoping I'm completely wrong about my concern and wishing the best for you penguin to have a great outcome at the end of your LL!
Dr parihar does seem to have plenty of experience in other methods though and if the question were about about external tibias, I think it would be a lot closer and harder of a decision between the two doctors.
That's true but I'm not sure how often Birkholtz does precise II on patients, I mean he does way way more cases for people who are in need for LL opposed to CLL (cosmetic). I'm not even sure when's the last time he did precise II on someone.
Thanks KiloKahn for your informative reply as well as Penguin and SAD. One question, is Birhkoltz trained by paley or has any affiliation with him? I also see he is dedicated to several cosmetic and plastic surgeries other than limb lengthening, he has it here on his site: http://ffbirkholtz.co.za/
I am still wondering about this site of Dr. Birkholtz http://ffbirkholtz.co.za/ I thought he was only devoted to limb lengthening.
Quote from: jbc on March 18, 2017, 05:49:53 AMDifferent Dr. Birkholtz, I believe
Same, website has description of having completed his graduate degree from Pretoria University, you can see in the "about us" section. Can't be 2 doctors with exactly the same first and last name and having graduated from the same institution lol.
Quote from: Rod Thick on March 19, 2017, 01:04:16 PMHahahahahahahahahahahahaha! OMG! You have got to be kidding me?!
The lack of critical thinking among some members on this forum is frightening. No wonder certain doctors have a line around the block of potential patients just waiting to get butchered, despite the evidence of their horrific results on previous patients.
It takes about 2 minutes to read through their bio, and 5 seconds of thinking to clearly see they are different people, who simply have the same name.
Actually, for Dr. Franz Birkholtz (orthopedician), I checked his background details on this website and it said "From his website" :
Background
"From his website: Dr Franz Birkholtz studied at the University of Pretoria and currently teaches courses in South Africa and abroad. He is practicing in Centurion with rooms in Lifestyle Management Park next to Unitas Hospital.
As of June, 2012 now does limb reconstruction operations bi-monthly at Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Cape Town. Contact the Cape Orthopaedic Trauma Group (Dr Bernstein) on 021 506 5555 to schedule an appointment."
My mistake, should had opened his website nevertheless, since his bio given here is incomplete or might have needed updating. Anyways, this is still really a strange rare coincidence lol.
And the irony of you claiming some people ready to be butchered by doctors who had previously bad cases is rather amusing in this case when I'm comparing some of the best doctors at a budget. I think choosing a doctor and entrusting your life upon him is quite different than having a mere misunderstanding given the rare coincidence and circumstances given above, no?
Hahah, priceless. Anyways, Thank you Dr. Franz for clarifying. Looking forward to do precise II Femurs with you in the near future;)
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