Dr.Nho's team mentioned getting a 3D CT Scan to evaluate hip version and to have a clearer view of the CAM abnormalities. I decided to have the exam in Canada, this way I'd be able to go through the public system. I called around a few hospitals to see where I'd be able to get a CT Scan, but most importantly in 3D. I was happy to hear the MUHC - which is 10 minutes away from my home - offered this service and I would be able to get it in time for surgery. When taking my appointment, I made it clear that I needed a 3D CT Scan. When I arrived at the reception desk and then in the exam room, I repeated several times "It's going to be in 3D, right?" to which they all answered by the affirmative. So today, after over a month of wait, I was able to pick up my report and CD. The nice man at the archives said he's never heard the term 3D CT Scan in years of experience. He doesn't know if my CD contains the 3D files. I decide to go to the radiology reception and ask if they could check for me. The girl says she doesn't know, that the technicians are too busy to look at my CD...and suggests me to have a look for myself on one of the computers at the hospital library. Basically that no one has time to help. I sit in the small library, insert the CD and try to understand what I should be looking at. Clicking through the files, I don't see anything that looks remotely in three dimensions. Great. What's the point of asking so many times if it's I never asked in the first place? Felt completely let down. But the fun does not end! I picked up the report. Two tiny 4mm sclerotic foci in the right HUMERAL head??? HUMERAL? YO. THIS IS MY HIP WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. NOT MY SHOULDER. The fact the resident made the report by mistakingly saying "humeral" instead of "femoral" is one thing...but for the attending to approve it without noticing? No mention of version analysis either. So yeah, this CT was completely useless. In the end, I'm going to go private to get it done. 300$. It doesn't make any sense to me that I will have to pay when we have access to free health care. Unfortunately, free health care does not equal good health care.
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AuthorMy name is Marie-Christine. I'm 34 years old and live in Montreal, QC, Canada. I have had two failed hip scopes on my right hip to do undiagnosed hip dysplasia. My amazing surgeon, who is in Quebec City, performed periacetabular osteotomy in November 2017. He also did one left hip scope (non dysplastic) in February 2017. Archives
May 2018
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