Testimonial – Mr. Glover – Complex Revision Spine Surgery for Kyphosis

Mr. Glover, good morning. Do I have your permission to post this video online and record it? Yes, you do. Please go ahead, tell us about yourself.

Well, I had a severe accident, 2001, and I broke my back severe, and I had a doctor that did the surgery on me, and they put rods in, from my rear end all the way up to the center of my shoulders. And over a period of time I had deformities set in, and I bowed like 53 degrees, so I was bent over, my neck was forward, and I mean, it felt like my spine was going to snap in half.

So I started looking around because it got so unbearable, because it was putting pressure on my lungs and my heart. So I went through a lot of top surgeons, all out in Santa Clarita Valley and then down in the San Fernando Valley, and come to find out that nobody does this surgery. And I was referred to Dr. Melamed, which I did not know, and from Dr. Cavenfar, and he said he was really good.

And to be honest with you, I’m skeptical because of what they had to do and everything, and I did look around, and I looked at three other top surgeons, but from day one I knew Dr. Melamed was the one, how he talks to you and what he told you what’s going to go on. And I went ahead with the surgery and he straightened me 40, and it’s, health-wise I’m 100 times better than I was, and I’m just glad I made that decision, and he is one great doctor.

And I want to thank everybody. Thank you very much.