Overcoming Your Fear is Power
So is knowing UCSD Medical Center offers the
most laparoscopic and computer-assisted surgery options in San Diego.
For 30 years, Gordy McGuire walked around with
a very visible, and often painful, abdominal hernia.
Why? Because back then he was told that repairing
it would require “quite a nasty surgery.”
But in 2006, Gordy heard about a surgeon at
UCSD Medical Center who was treating hernias
laparoscopically. The minimally-invasive procedure,
with its smaller incisions and shorter recovery time,
appealed to Gordy. So did his surgeon’s track record
as a leading researcher in laparoscopy. To make a
long story short, after waiting 30 years, Gordy went
back to work three days after surgery. That’s the power
of academic medicine.