Hello Dear Ali! Well, I think you're right in saying that "to our knowledge" he has a 0 success rate with the TIR approach, but there are so many other factors that I don't think are being taken into consideration. First and foremost - not all PNE patients post. Not only Conway patients, but other patients as well. I would love for more Houston patients to post. I know the Houston team is very busy doing decompressions, but where are the patient reports? Just becuase they don't post doesn't mean they're not out there.AliPasha1 wrote:Unfortunately,Dr. Conway has 0 % success rate with TIR surgery approach to our knowledge which we can be wrong.
Secondly, I spent a significant amount of time speaking privately with some of Dr. Conways patients before my surgery. Luckily, a few of those patients had the Potter MRI and were found to be entrapped in areas not accessible by the TIR approach. A few others had actual nerve damage and/or other pathologies. So, does that really make their surgeries a failure? I don't think so. And as we've discussed, you're a good example of this. You had the TIR approach and weren't completely cured. You had some improvements after your surgery, yet were still in pain. WHY?!? Because you're still trapped in other areas. Does that mean your surgery with Dr. Bautrant was a failure? It seems to me, he successfully decompressed what he could with the technique he was using at the time. I have no words adequate enough to thank you for your involvement with bringing Dr. Potter to our attention. The MRI may not be the Holy Grail, but it was very helpful in answering THE question WHY. What successful TIR surgeries mean to me, is, that these people were trapped in the Alcocks Canal, or where ever that approach could address. No other entrapments, neuropathies or pathology. Until Dr. Potters MRI, we the patients AND the doctors couldn't even begin to guess WHY some people weren't getting better. So, thank you, Ali!!! 
Warmest regards,
Karyn
