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It makes sense that there's no set treatment protocol, since the docs are all doing it however they think best (stents, no stents, different balloon sizes, etc). So the data generated won't be as clean as it could be if the different sites were somehow standardized. But it will still be data! And it will still be MSers getting treated. I'm happy enough.
I am 100% sure it is False Creek. But I have MS, so I am never 100% sure of anything.
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I guess I'm happy that there isn't a standard protocol for treatment at this time. What protocol would it be? I don't think anyone knows what works best yet. As long as they are tracking results maybe one doctor's protocol will be more successful than the others and then that will become the standard.
The doctors need to compare notes too.
I recently heard that Sinan in Kuwait is getting 98% patency rate at 3 months w/18mm balloons, which are bigger than are being used here. He also routinely "cleans out" the azygos as a precaution to make sure there aren't any webs. I don't think anyone else is getting results like that, with or without stents.
There is so much learning to do and it's very exciting to be part of the science.
I recently heard that Sinan in Kuwait is getting 98% patency rate at 3 months w/18mm balloons, which are bigger than are being used here. He also routinely "cleans out" the azygos as a precaution to make sure there aren't any webs. I don't think anyone else is getting results like that, with or without stents.
There is so much learning to do and it's very exciting to be part of the science.
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This is good news about 2 places in Michigan. There may be a 3rd in Grand Rapids, also!
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