Maarten Vasbinder lives in Isaan. His profession is general practitioner, a profession that he mainly practiced in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers who live in Thailand.
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Dear Martin,
I fell and have a lot of pain in my upper arm and back. I've already had cortisone injections and they don't help. They want to do an MRI scan now, but I am 2 meters tall and 100 kg. The machine is so small that I wanted to get out of it after 2 minutes.
They now want to put me under anesthesia, which I don't like because in the Netherlands I don't have any problems with it.
But do you know if there is a bigger MRI machine in Thailand.
Regards,
M.
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Dear M,
Look on Google for wide bore MRI. Then you will find hospitals with open and/or wider MRIs. 3 Tesla gives better quality than less, but that is not always important. Certainly not with muscles etc.
Sincerely,
Dr. Maarten
Question 2.
I immediately followed your advice and I came across something super. Do you know this system? I am very interested in this. I don't care about the cost. I want to get rid of the pain. An open MRI machine.
What do you think about this?
Question 3.
Sorry to bother you again. But I also have a hernia in the Netherlands, she did not want to operate. Now I saw a solution for my hernia on the same website I would like your advice. You are neutral and you have no interest in this. That's why I appreciate your advice.
Sorry again, but when I'm at Bangkok hospital, I sometimes find that the money plays a role in an advice.
Regards,
M.
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Dear M.
Open machines have been around for a long time. The disadvantage is that they make less beautiful pictures.
I have no opinion on your hernia due to lack of information and MRIO reports.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Maarten
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