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General Category => Functional Surgery Questions => Topic started by: dardok on October 01, 2018, 09:40:15 PM

Title: How risky is traveling abroad to get surgery?
Post by: dardok on October 01, 2018, 09:40:15 PM

Let's say from North America to Europe.

What happens in the event of complications, how much accountability will a european surgeon take? etc

Title: Re: How risky is traveling abroad to get surgery?
Post by: ArtVandelay on October 02, 2018, 10:45:17 PM

I'd say it has a small effect on accountability. If a surgeon is going to ignore you they'll do it without taking your hometown into account. But they do want to keep a good relationship with their orthodontists since they'd risk losing their referrals if they routinely do a poor job. Since you'd use an unknown orthodontist you'd lose that little bit of leverage.

If there are complications then you would need to stay in Europe longer than anticipated.

Title: Re: How risky is traveling abroad to get surgery?
Post by: ghiggson90 on October 09, 2018, 06:31:04 PM

I recommend against it. You want to be able to address any follow-up issues with clinical evaluation, and you lose that ability if your surgeon is on another continent.