Dr. Stephen Mathias Endres, MD

Dr. Endres is a very, very, very great provider! i have degenerative disk disease for many, many years. first, it affected my lower back to the point ...

drove 4 hours to see Dr. Edries...was treated professionally, and received great pain relief.........the staff was courteous and caring. I was very pleased with the visit......

Excellent treatment over the past 8 to 10 years. Even came in on day off to do my procedure. Was given plenty of pain meds. Some of the tests were uncomfortable even with the meds but that was to be expected. Nurses were great. Did seem a little hurried. Maybe patient overload. I wouldn't see any other pain specialist.

Dr Endres violated my rights as a patient and my respect as a person. Had a discogram. Was told by Endres prior to the procedure that I would be given a drug thru IV to make me relax & a pain reliever "cocktail." I would be conscious enough to describe my level of pain but would not remember anything. Received 2 injections in the IV, was asked if I felt relaxed or lightheaded. I said NO. I have had similar procedures before where you are given pain relievers/relaxers but are still conscious. When the pain med is injected in the IV, you can feel it coursing thru your veins and body. I felt none of that. My NO response was ignored & Endres proceeded to do the procedure anyway. The pain was excruciating, a 10 on a 1-10 scale. More drug med could have been injected into the IV at any time but was not. As for not remembering, I remember everything that happened in that room. The pain, the nurses holding my legs and upper body down. I have black & blue marks on the back of my calf to prove it. I replay the whole procedure over & over in my mind. I wake up in the middle of night and can't go back to sleep. Worse yet, the test was inconclusive. It revealed a torn disc which Endres said was evident on the MRI. DO NOT GO TO DR ENDRES.