Did your surgery by Dr Hibner help?

[bartland]

I would really like to hear peoples' stories who had the decompression surgery done by Dr Hibner. Did it work for you?

Background/context for my post:
I had a successful decompression surgery back in 2003 by Dr Ansell in Houston. Sadly after many years of PN being gone, it returned in Nov 2003 very badly and I have been disabled for the last year. After a year of nerve blocks and pelvic floor PT, PN is confirmed but nothing is getting rid of my pain so I am considering having the decompression surgery again. My fear is that I have scarring from the original surgery that may be causing my current PN...there was no post-op protocol back then to prevent such things.

Dr Hibner seems to have made a number of improvements on the original surgery approach that was done on me, developed by Dr Robert. (I think I was the 7th person to have the surgery in the usa)

So back to the original question:
If you had the decompression surgery done by Dr Hibner, did it work for you?

[jaxi123]

I had surgery with Dr. Ansel in 2003. It did not work. I became re-entrapped with scar tissue. in 2008, Dr. Hibner did the redo and again no pain relief and again re-entrapped by scar tissue. They both told me not to come back. Devastating!

[Violet M]

RJR just posted an update on his surgery results with Hibner. viewtopic.php?t=11686

I have known quite a few people over the years who had successful surgeries from Dr. Hibner but unfortunately, there are no surgeons with a 100% success rate.

Violet

[April]

Hi Bartland,

So very sorry to hear about the return of your pain. I had surgery with Hibner six years ago, and it was successful. I still have periodic flares but they are infrequent and manageable. If I had to do it again, I would go back to him.

April

[Gauxa]

I had decompression surgery with Dr. Hibner a few years ago, and while it didn’t completely take away the pain, it made a noticeable difference for me. What stood out was how thorough he was, especially with post-op care—things like scar management and tailored rehab that weren’t really a focus when I’d had other treatments. Recovery wasn’t easy and took longer than I expected, but overall, I’m glad I went through with it because it gave me a better quality of life than I had before.