Surgeries -surgeons

Posted By Liza on November 15, 1998 at 23:21:58:







In Pa. information on by-pass surgery, listing surgeons, hospitals and outcomes is available.  Information on valve surgeries is not.  I have not found it easy to get information.  When I started asking questions about possible surgeons the cardiologist suggested that maybe I would like to get a second opinion at the Cleveland Clinic.  I do intend to do so.  I do have some very general questions though.  ------- How many mitral valve repairs are done at the Cleveland Clinic per year?/ replacements?  What is the approximate minimum number of surgeries that the surgeon should be performing per year?  Thank you! I have received a lot of help from this forum --- it has helped reduce the scariness of prospective surgery.