Considering surgery? Understand your options.
If you have been advised to consider back, neck, or joint surgery, explore whether non-surgical care may be appropriate. Start with a 10-minute phone call. A full recommendation may require an office visit and review of your records.
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Dr. Aditi Menon, MDPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Dr. Sujoy Menon, MDInterventional RadiologyYou may be hoping to avoid an operation, unsure why it was recommended, or ready for surgery but looking for more clarity. A second opinion gives you space to ask questions and understand the options for your particular condition.
Discuss how your symptoms, examination, and available imaging relate to the surgery that has been recommended. Bring the questions you still need answered.
Look at what you have already tried, how much it helped, and whether a different approach to rehabilitation or pain treatment may be appropriate for your condition.
Compare the potential benefits and limitations of further non-surgical care. Surgery may still be the appropriate next step; the goal is a recommendation you understand.
Our Millburn practice focuses on non-surgical pain care. We can help you explore that part of the decision alongside the advice you have received from your surgeon.
Possible approaches depend on the diagnosis and your treatment history. Review our pain treatments and diagnostic services to understand what the practice offers.
If lumbar fusion, a discectomy, or another spine operation has been recommended, bring the recommendation and your prior treatment history. The review can explore the role of non-surgical care for your back pain, neck pain, or nerve symptoms.
Discuss how knee pain affects walking, sleep, and everyday activities, and what rehabilitation or injections have already achieved. Our knee pain care page explains available options. Further symptom management may be reasonable for some patients; it does not reverse every cause of joint damage.
A review can consider the source of your pain, your mobility, and the care tried so far. Explore our non-surgical hip pain services before your visit. A hip replacement may still be the appropriate option when joint damage and limitations warrant it.
Start with a conversation, then arrange the evaluation needed for a useful clinical recommendation.
Book a 10-minute phone call. Tell us what is going on and we will say whether an in-person second opinion makes sense. Our team will contact you to confirm the request.
A full opinion may require an office visit, an examination, and review of your records. Ask the team what to bring and about benefits verification before the visit.
Review whether more non-surgical care is reasonable, whether further assessment is needed, or whether you should continue discussing surgery with your surgeon.
If your clinician has recommended urgent surgery, contact them before delaying care. New loss of bowel or bladder control with back pain needs urgent medical attention; do not wait for a routine second-opinion appointment.
Independent patient information: NIAMS guide to back pain care, NIAMS guide to osteoarthritis care, and MedlinePlus advice on when back pain needs medical attention.
5.0 Rated 5.0 out of 5 on GoogleI was suffering from neck, back and arm/elbow pain for four months, had seen two doctors and had been urged to have back surgery when I went to Dr. Menon. She rejected the idea of surgery, and with vitamins, all-natural injections, an excellent physical therapist recommended by her, and acupuncture, also recommended by her, my pain was gone by the end of two months.
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