Dr Martin Bircher
Thursday/August/2009 06:38 PM Barrie`s
BlogBarrie`s
Blog
Today August 5th, Barrie was seen by Mr. Martin Bircher.
Mr. Bircher is one of the few surgeons skilled in vital surgery for crash victims with pelvic and other orthopaedic damage.
This is a highly specialised field, and patients from throughout the country are referred to him as soon as possible after their crash.
Sadly Mr Bircher did not see Barrie for the 1st time till December 08, some five months after the accident, at that time Barrie was advised to see Prof Mundy to get the very urgent urological problems sorted this was done in February of this year.
Today Mr. Bircher advised that he was not going to do any pelvic surgery, he said Barrie would never be the same as before the accident due to the 65mm gap in the front of his pelvis, however as he is walking without too much pain the risks of further surgery for only limited gains were not worth taking at this point.
So it is now down to Prof Mundy to try and repair the two hernias which will make life more comfortable and Barrie will continue to get as fit as he can with rehabilitation physio.
It was not altogether bad news and Barrie will see Mr. Bircher again in six months to see how the walking has progressed. Hopefully by then the hernias will have been patched.