Dr. Klaus Schaarschmidt

Correspondence was extremely easy prior to surgery... and good after surgery. Regarding explanations, and maybe this is my fault, but I never truly understood what he was going to do and what my outcome would be. I guess since he has performed so many Nuss procedures he would know exactly what to do with me to give me the best possible outcome. Most everything I heard was you'll have excellent result. For what it's worth.....I had my procedure re-done with another surgeon 7 months later. My outcome, visually was a little better, my haller index went from around a 4.1 (cant remember exactly) to a 3.2. Pain was constant until I had my re-do. This pain was due to 1. I should have had more bars for my age as the pressure on the one bar was significant and 2. I had a bar tip rubbing between two ribs. Both of these and my haller index were all improved with second surgery. My overall experience with this surgeon was not good and I cannot personally recommend.