Same diagnosis, three different treatment plans?

Admin2 · Aug 8, 2010

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I just picked this up from the Foot Health Forum:

A fairly involved surgery was recomended. I wanted to get more than one opinion before undergoing surgery. I saw 2 well vetted podiatrists with 15 to 20 years of experience and 1 extremely well vetted orthopedist who has only been doing foot and ankle surgery for the past 20 years. They looked at the exact same feet, films etc and come up with the same diagnosis. Despite comming up with the same diagnosis, they had three very different treatment plans. I would expect some minor differences in their treatment protocols but I don't understand how when presented with the same exact information, their plans would be so wildly different from each other. When presented with this situation, how does one determine which treatment option is the best?
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Interesting dilemma faced by this patient.

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