Mr Radu Popa 2022-02-01 Person 5 5 0

After some months of disabling pain in my left leg, with visits to surgery physiotherapist and Gp phone conversations giving no clue as to the cause I decided to go to my AXA insurance company.. I chose the local Spire Wirral Hospital and selected Mr Popa from the list of spinal surgeons. Within 2. Weeks I had a consultation, a diagnostic MRI and a further consultation. Mr Popa explained that I had a spinal stenosis and cyst on my lumber vertebrae 4/5. He suggested a decompression operation. I naively asked if he had done many such operations and he replied “Yes many of them “ ! Christmas delayed my admission but 6 weeks later it was all done. I had complete trust in Mr Popa,his anaesthetist Mr Devlin and the nursing team. I was in hospital for one night and the recovery has gone well.The leg pain has completely gone. There has been excellent after care from the Physiotherapy department. I know there is still some time before I will feel fully active again but it is such a relief to be able to walk without a stick.