I just remembered that while I was living in Phoenix, there was a story
on
local TV about a surgeon there that does the surgery similar to a
laproscopy
. He cuts two small holes and inserts his instruments..one to view ;and
the
other to cut. As I remember, the patient is not anesthesized, just a
local
to kill pain. The patient they interviewed was up and bending over and
working in her garden a week later. The instruments he used had been
invented or designed by him.



Dr. Anthony T. Yeung, MD. He's got a reputation among other Orthopedic as
being a bit "aggressive". I've consulted with him regarding back surgery.
He was willing to perform surgery when two different Orthopedics and two
different neurosurgeons (one at Barrow's) all said my situation would likely
not be improved by surgery and therefore they would not do it. I took a
pass on Tony, although I'm sure he's helped many.