I wanted to express how pleased I am with OCC, Orthopedic Centers of Colorado and Dr. Ferrari my surgeon. My wife and I had read good reviews, that referred to him as the “shoulder guy” and they were correct.
I am 76 and had never had a surgery before; consequently I didn’t know what to expect. I was very pleased how smooth & professional this anatomic full shoulder replacement went. I had bone on bone with no rotator damage so that making my surgery a little easier. Dr Ferrari came into my prep room and very professionally explained what and how he was going to proceed with the surgery. It was a little more detail than I wanted to know at that time. My anesthesiologist also came and explained how he would do a guided nerve block to deaden my arm for surgery and then he gave me a dose of the happy drug, Versed, before the nerve block so I didn’t feel a thing. My surgery lasted a little over 2 hours. While I was in recovery, Dr. Ferrari went to the waiting room and professionally explained to my wife that the surgery went really well. When I woke up in the recovery room, they treated me like a king and made sure I was fully recovered after 2-3 hours and sent me home.
The morning following surgery, I received a call from a surgical nurse from OCC to check on me to see how the night went and if there were any questions. That afternoon I received a call from Dr. Ferrari to see how I was doing. I was so impressed with the professional follow-up and a true concern.
The nerve block lasted about 15 hours and I followed Dr. Ferrari’s medication plan. I only took my pain meds for 4 days and after that there was no pain. I couldn’t believe it.
Having my prescheduled follow-up appointment with Dr. Ferrari one week after the surgery, he took X-rays and everything looked perfect. He wrote me a script for physical therapy and with specific instructions he then showed me a few exercise to start doing 3-4 times a day until I got my PT scheduled. He said find a good physical therapist that will follow the script that I wrote and one close because you are going 2x a week for 4 months. I start PT today.
Dr. Ferrari is one of the best!
He is very professional and thorough.