The Mayo Clinic experience and patient stories Our patients tell us that the quality of their interactions, our attention to detail and the efficiency of their visits mean health care like they've never experienced. See the stories of satisfied Mayo Clinic patients. Resecting the unresectable: The right place, the right team CV Rao and his wife, Madhavi In April 2023, CV Rao had just returned from a work trip in Europe when he started experiencing abdominal pain on his right side. His wife, a doctor, recognized that he needed to see his primary care physician for an ultrasound scan. When the ultrasound didn't show anything, CV's care team ordered a CT scan. The results were alarming — a 7 centimeter tumor, the size of a large… Back to basketball after seizure surgeryStudy shows advanced imaging, expert review improve diagnosis of encephaloceles The sound of a basketball bouncing, the squeak of shoes on a fast break, the swish of the net — basketball has been a constant for Parker Shanks — from youth leagues to high school and college teams, to pickup games at his local gym. One day on the court in 2022, a seizure dropped 6-foot-8-inch Parker to the floor. Watch: Back to basketball after… In the wake of thoracic outlet syndrome, an outdoors enthusiast triumphsJohnathan Sederquist isn’t interested in taking it easy. The active 29-year-old likes to work out early in the morning, do landscaping and excavation work for his company during the day, and tackle home improvement projects — like building a new house on the banks of the Hiwassee River — in his free time. He also loves spending time on the river, water surfing behind his boat or riding one of his two Jet Skis, with… Request an appointment ResearchCosts & insurance April 04, 2026 Share on: FacebookTwitter SurgerySectionsOverviewTests & proceduresConditions treatedDoctorsExpertise & rankingsClinical trialsResearchPatient storiesCosts & insuranceNews from Mayo ClinicReferralsFrozen SectionPathology Lab SectionsRequest an AppointmentOverviewTests & proceduresConditions treatedDoctorsExpertise & rankingsClinical trialsResearchPatient storiesCosts & insuranceNews from Mayo ClinicReferrals ORG-20475391 Medical Departments & Centers Surgery