Dr Saurabh Khakharia (Georgia, USA)

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Quote from: Arche on March 19, 2014, 05:27:29 PMI'll call right now and try to get it.

So now I have a phone consultation with him tomorrow! I doubt he's much cheaper than Mahboubian (10% at best...) but we'll figure out!

Thanks so much for calling, do let us know how the phone consultation goes. I'm especially interested in how much externals cost, specifically for femurs (monorails). Thanks again for taking some action!

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Quote from: thetallerman on March 19, 2014, 08:21:13 PMThanks so much for calling, do let us know how the phone consultation goes. I'm especially interested in how much externals cost, specifically for femurs (monorails). Thanks again for taking some action!

If you guys have specific questions beyond the issue of financing, please right it down as soon as possible on this very thread. Otherwise, my consultation might not reach its altruistic potential, as it were.

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Quote from: thetallerman on March 19, 2014, 08:21:13 PMThanks so much for calling, do let us know how the phone consultation goes. I'm especially interested in how much externals cost, specifically for femurs (monorails). Thanks again for taking some action!

Also how familiar are you with this surgery? External femurs increases the risk of knee stiffness. Any viable doctor will steer you away from the idea of doing anything but internal nailing of the femur, especially for purely cosmetic purposes. I'm just trying to help, but I will definitely get Dr. Khakharia's opinion on external femurs for cosmetic lengthening.

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So I'm really disappointed with Dr. Khakharia's staff. I called the receptionist on a Thursday, and she told me that he would be available later that day set 4 PM, where he would call you. At 4:30 PM I received no call, so I called back and the lady who was the receptionist said he was busy until 5 at which time he will surely call you. I left my number, email, and another message, and guess what? No call.

I tried again on Monday, and there was a new receptionist who seemed even more incompetent than the first. I told her I was interested in limb lengthening (didn't tell her it was cosmetic) and she had me wait on the line for 10 minutes just to say Dr. Khakaria was busy and that I needed to call again lol also one thing that pissed me off is that they won't give me his email under any circumstances?

If anyone can get the price estimates I would greatly appreciate it! I'm kinda worn out of spamming his office.

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Hey guys,
     I made a few phone calls and followed up oy to find out that Dr. Khakharia has yet to perform even one leg lengthening procedure at this clinic. I was told that there are no rates available for quoting as a "procedure code" would be a requisite and as there hasn't even been a consultation for one procedure, a "procedure code" has yet to generated. Now, that doesn't stop us from checking the previous clinic (also in Georgia) he worked at to see if he had any leg lengthening experience there and what the rate was, but this is a I've got for now. If any one else want to follow up, there are three names by which you may obtain information the fastest; Ashley, Mindy(?) and Chris(tine). Christine seems the most knowledgable of the group, though know of them seem to know too much, and the place seems highly unorganized.

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Good info. I guess at this rate the best way to find out an accurate estimate would be if someone did surgery with him in the future and reported the total costs.

I don't know what's with these Georgia clinics. I found another orthopedic surgeon in Georgia who trained in Russia and there was so much I had to go through to get answers. Not only did he not have a direct contact number, but I had to talk to his PA and send her an email with my questions. Then after that I was told I'd have his answers in a few days, and after waiting and then asking for a status update, I didn't get a response back even after a month had passed. Sometimes the medical system in the US is frustrating.

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Very frustrating indeed. What I failed to mention was that I obtained this information over the course of a week and a half, during which time I aggressively pursued an answer. I literally had to do some name and title dropping just for them to take me seriously. Very poor business conduct.