Had some pain radiating across my shoulders and upper arms. Dr Abdo started out giving me 400 MG of Gabapentin once per day. After a month this dosage was not working so he increased it to 600 MG. I have a friend with a similar problem that was prescribed 1200 MG of the same drug to start with. Finally after going back and forth with him for months trying to get the medication increased I finally got up to 1200 Mg per day. This also did not work. I called his office and asked what he could do next. His answer, NOTHING.

Submitted June 5, 2009

I was referred to Dr. Abdo for cervical problems and pain. I already knew I needed fusion in my neck, and he confirmed it with me and told me everthing I needed to know. He operated on me for the cervical fusion, I had no problems with the surgery until a recent car accident, which was one year after the surgery, but I will be going back to him for the neck,and lumbar back problems, because I trust his opinion and he's one of the best in his field. I've been to physical therapy which didn't help,and pain management which helped only temporary for the neck, the pain mgmt. doctor wanted to inject my back, but I want Dr. Abdo's opinion, and if he can't help me, he will send me to someone who will help as for as pain managment, because the doctor I was referred to at St. Joe's Pain Managment, I dropped because of lack of caring and compassion for the patient, and no bedside manners. I know that Dr. Abdo can and will help me with my current problems.

Submitted May 17, 2009

Had lumbar disc surgery and never felt a day better. Within 1 year had the same surgery again, never felt a day better. Not recommended.

Submitted May 4, 2008

Dr. Abdp performed a discectomy on me in 2004. A week later I was transported in the middle of the night to the hospital with a severe infection at the surgical site. I ended up spending a week in the hospital in order to get the infection under control. I ended up having to go back under the knife to clean the site up. I spent well over a month self administrating antibiotics via a port in my chest. At once I started to heal, it was apparent that I was in worse shape than when I was prior to my surgery. I visited one of the colleagues in the same practice and advised me that he would probably need to perform a fussion at the same site in order to correct my problem. As a last ditch effort prior to going under the knife again, I went to a pain management specialist who in so many words discreditted the work that Dr. Abdo performed on me. Fortunately I responded well to nerve block /injections. However now four years out from original surgery, I am experiencing the same pain

Submitted April 1, 2008

I saw Dr. Abdo after being doignosed with an aneurysm and being hospitalized for a severe seizure. All doctors involved, including my excellent neurologist, Michael Sellman, agreed the seizure was due to extremely low potassium levels in my body, a common identifiable cause of seizure. At the time I saw Dr. Abdo, he vehemently disagreed that my seizure was caused by poor potassium absorbtion-in fact, he stated a seizure could not be caused by potassium levels.

Submitted May 2, 2006

operated on my wife and messed up now dragging his feet to correct.

Submitted Dec. 7, 2005

Dr. Abdo was not helpful at all in my situation. I was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation I and Pseudotumor Cerebri by world-reknowned specialists at the Chiari Institute in NY. Dr. Thomas Milhorat, who founded the Chiari Institute, was my diagnosing physician and one of my surgeons. My case was very hard to diagnose because it was "borderline". One of my surgeries consisted of placing a programmable shunt. I found Dr. Abdo's name on a list of doctors I could see locally to have my shunt adjusted as needed(certainly easier than going to NY for an adjustment!). Not only did he refuse to help me by adjusting my shunt, he told me that he couldn't help me because he didn't believe I had chiari in the first place. He asked who had done my surgery (as if it was unnecessary). I couldn't believe this man was: 1)refusing to help a person in need (and pain!), 2)insulting another neurosurgeon by implication. I found it rude and unprofessional.

Submitted Feb. 8, 2005