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Tyler Mastic, NY

"I have and will still recommend HSS to anyone i meet that needs surgery and is scared. I do this because I feel that the Hospital for Special Surgery is the most sophisticated, intelligent, professional, caring, personalized, environment that I have ever been in. Thank you Dr. Ranawat, Rachael, James, Ana, Renee and everyone at the hospital, for giving me use of my right leg again, and being able to run!"

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Paul Miller Place, NY

"At a dance I tripped on a chair, fell on my left side, and my left femur separated from my hip. Being in much pain, the local fire department took me to a nearby hospital in Long Island where I was operated on the next day for a partial hip replacement. Everything was going great but after five weeks I developed a staph infection that put me back in the hospital for 25 days. The prosthesis was removed, I was on intravenous antibiotics for eight weeks and spent the next eight months in a wheelchair."

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Dawn New Britain, CT leg Image Compartment Syndrome
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Jessica East Hampton, NY

"As far as the success of my surgery, the excruciating pain down my left leg amazingly diminished on the first day post surgery. Without any doubt Dr. Sandhu is a “Top Surgeon” in a world class hospital."

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Marina Brooklyn, NY

"I had microdiscectomy performed by HSS. I was impressed by how professional and personable the surgical team was before and after the surgery."

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Lora New York, NY

"My game is not a sport. It's the game of life. I have an autoimmune disease called myositis. My treatment includes oral prednisone and monthly infusions of IVIG. When I first got sick almost 20 years ago I was 44. I was an elementary school teacher but had to leave due to extreme weakness in my arms and legs. I could barely walk or bathe myself. I refused to just give in to the disease and view my life as over. "

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Zeina Beirut, Lebanon hip Image Hip Revision Surgery
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Bryan New York, NY body Image Cerebral Palsy (CP)
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Elyse Astoria, NY hip Image Hip Impingement
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Meghan Bridgewater, NJ leg Image Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Kathleen Larchmont, NY

"After being treated by Dr. Moley, a Physiatrist, I have been without pain for a few years now--no surgery needed. "

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