He got quotes from three different surgeons at three hospitals and tried to anticipate related expenses like anesthesia and physical therapy.
"If you ask a real good cardiac surgeon to name the top three heart surgeons of all time, they'll have trouble naming the other two, " he said.
"But do not tell him that you have three more transplant surgeons to meet, " Michaelson instructed in his e-mail.
Three highly experienced surgeons gave their verdicts on the visits.
It revealed that nearly three quarters of consultant general surgeons are working up to double their contracted hours because of changing work patterns and increased patient demand.
Three weeks after she was born, surgeons at Cincinnati Children's patched the hole in her diaphragm with Gore-Tex.
Because of that, Franzon said, three weeks after she arrived at Stanford, surgeons had to amputate her left hand and some of the fingers on right hand.
Patients typically leave the hospital after this procedure -- first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2003 -- in two or three days, according to the American Academy of Ortophaedic Surgeons.
The three sisters had dozens of trips to doctors, dentists, surgeons and physical therapists during their six weeks in the Charlotte area.
Heart surgeons try to prevent that by re-examining patients two to three weeks after they go home.
That's actually pretty common, according to a survey from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, which found that out of every 10 women who qualify for reconstructive breast surgery, only three are fully informed of their options.
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