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http://www.moyamoya.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Moyamoya Related Topics >> Surgeons with Bypass Experience >> Dr. Gregory Zipfel - Washington U., St. Louis, MO http://www.moyamoya.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1254160025 Message started by disneygirl on Sep 28^th, 2009 at 1:47pm

Title: Dr. Gregory Zipfel - Washington U., St. Louis, MO
Post by disneygirl on Sep 28^th, 2009 at 1:47pm

I had surgery with Dr. Zipfel and he is a great physician. He sees patients with moyamoya every week and has been doing bypass surgeries for serveral years. He is familar with both direct and indirect bypass procedures.
He did not do my bypass surgery but took care of me when I developed a nasty infection after bypass surgery. He went back in and cleaned out the wound. I would highly recommed him to anyone with moyamoya. I do not think that he does children though. You can contact his office by calling
314-362-3577.

Dr. Steinberg at Stanford did my bypass surgery and as many ohters have said he is also a wonderful physician. I highly recommend either of these two physicians for anyone with moyamoya disease.

Title: Re: What infection and sharing of experience post surg
Post by Halimah on Oct 26^th, 2009 at 5:33am

Hi Disneygirl,

I am now in Qatar and had just returned from Stanford after performing EC-IC bypass with Dr. Steinberg on 22nd and 29th sept respectively. I am curious abt your infection because when I returned to Doha on 10th of Oct the next morning I found some blood stains on my pillow.

I went to see the local neurosurgeon the next day and he said it is ok. Now so far there is no more bleeding but I am curious to know what had happened to you.

And to the rest who had done similar surgeries can you share your experiences on post surgery matters for example:
1) How do you feel? Any pain on the wound?
2) How do you sleep? Depending on the exact location of the incision - as for me my right is on the outside of my ear and the left is behind my ear. Dr. Steinberg said that is how I am designed.

Your sharing of experience would be very useful

Regards
Halimah

Title: Re: Dr. Gregory Zipfel Washington University St. Louis
Post by Little Luca on Oct 26^th, 2009 at 7:43am

Hey Halimah

Welcome to the site. Can I suggest you post under the section called "Moyamoya Related Information and Support", I'm sure you'll find more people will see your post and be able to answer your specific questions. Here's the link:

http://www.moyamoya.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=news

My little girl has moyamoya and she's too young to give feedback on how she's feeling, so unfortunately I have no answers for your questions.

Take care
Mark (Luca's Dad)