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Hi there, to anyone who has any info on the above please pm me. Mt sister (31 years old) is due to fly out for treatment on the 23rd June 2010 as she has just been tested as it shows her veins are twisted and she has lesions. I am worried about her having this procedure done, does anyone know or has anyone had this treatement done at this hospital?

Hi,

I am having my appointment at Frankfurt on June 7th (just the scan, not the operation). Since I am German, I am reading quite a lot on the German CCSVI forum. However, Germans are unfortunately not that outspoken...I would really appreciate a little bit more info on that forum.

However, some people post their experiences and they are very good. Prof. Vogl and Dr. Meyn are professionals, so need to worry in that sense!

Hi just posted you call fro help in the German forum...hope somebody comes back to you! But I can second what SUMSUM said, most or almos all reports from Frankfurt sound good. Even so Dr. Vogl is obviously not super enthusiastic about CCSVI, quite sceptical, but at the same time performs the test as weel as procedure, only "balloning" no stent, as far as I know.
Good luck and all the best

Perhaps it would be easier to help if we knew exactly what the question is... what do you want to know?

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Hi
I am a Norwegian girl who had the liberation treatment done in Frankfurt 27th of April 2010. It was very painful, because they didn`t use any local anesthesia. they opened my right jugular vein with a balloon ( it was between 30 - 50 % narrowed. It is three weeks ago and I can really feel that something has changed. the germans are skilled and good at what they do, but they don`t use much time comforting their patients.

Hi
I am a Norwegian girl who had the liberation treatment done in Frankfurt 27th of April 2010. It was very painful, because they didn`t use any local anesthesia. they opened my right jugular vein with a balloon ( it was between 30 - 50 % narrowed. It is three weeks ago and I can really feel that something has changed. the germans are skilled and good at what they do, but they don`t use much time comforting their patients.

How does Dr. Vogel do the CCSVI diagnosis? Ultrasound of jugular AND azygos? Does he do a venography for further evaluation? Do they do a MRV - 1.5 Tesla or 3 Tesla? How did Dr. Vogel learn how to diagnose CCSVI? Did he do any training with Dr. Zamboni?

Thanks!
--Frank

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Treatment: CCSVI both IJV ballooned 09/2010, No DMDs, Tysabri on hold after 24 Infusions, after LDN, ABX Wheldon Regime for 1 year.

As far as I know they do the doppler and the MRV according to Haacke (I guess it's 3 Tesla, but not sure of that). It seems that they have become quite good at finding the stenoses and venous abnormalities (contrary to Offenbach where they also propose the test, but fail to see the actual problem - at least that's what's being said on the Germn CCSVI forum).

How do you make an appointment with Dr Vogl?

Thanks guys!

This is his adress:

Universitaetsklinik Frankfurt
Institut fuer Diagnostische und Interventionelle Neuroradiologie
Prof. Vogl
Theodor Stern Kai 7
D-60590 Frankfurt (Germany)

Phone: +49 69-6301 7277

Email:
t.vogl@em.uni-frankfurt.de

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Thank you!