Dr. William M. Costigan, MD

Everything was great except now my left leg is in pain and numbness constantly and after 3 spine surgeries in a year nothing has changed that. Only getting worse now. After what I endured in the last surgery it is disheartening to know my leg appears to be permanently damaged.
Mar 26th, 2024

A professional and Caring MD !! He has done neck surgery and recently lower back surgery for me and I feel terrific !! I have recommended him to family & friends !!!
Oct 24th, 2023

I am now looking for a neurosurgeon to perform a cervical revision. This is needed because of the four failures by Dr. Costigan.If I don't endure this most painful and precarious operation, I will become a paraplegic. Of course if the surgery fails, I will either die, or of course, become paralyzed, I But Dr. Costigan not only misrepresented himself, by saying he was both an orthopedic surgeon, as well as a neurosurgeon, he again, lied, saying," I'll paralysis never happens".
Mar 5th, 2023

I looked up to this man like a big brother and trusted him.  I saw him for over a decade in total.  I tried cancelling my surgery with him in 2007 because it was not necessary since I was playing sports again.   it was reiterated to me that the surgery was very low risk and that Dr. Costigan felt it could really help me with my nagging back pain.  I consented to the "low risk" procedure to remove screws from my back and I was to be fully recovered from in a month.  After the surgery, I noticed saddle numbness and severe tailbone pain.  I called Dr. C and was told not to worry, that it was just inflammation and an mri was scheduled for 5 days later.  (what a relief right, wrong)  The numbness started to clear up but there was still new pain in the back and tailbone.  The MRI said I was structurally sound and I thought he had a handle on things given the progress.  I returned to work a month later, and after a week I started experiencing violent perineal shocks when getting in and out of chairs or cars that just dropped me to the floor in agony.  He told me his surgery had gone perfectly and nothing he did could have caused this type of pain.  Attention was directed to my tailbone and injections were done.  I did physical therapy.  He gave me really no explanation aside from me having sensitive nerves.  He then blamed scar tissue from my previous surgery with Dr. Robert Watkins and offered to do a spinal cord stimulator.  Later he recommended a fusion to address my back pain because my disc became progressively worse.  My back pain wasnt my real complaint though.  It was these shocks!  I got more opinions from neurosurgeons because I wanted to consider a minimally invasive approach since we had little explanation for these shocks.  I even considered hip surgery and piriformis surgery as approaches to my perineal pain.Long story short, 5 years from Dr. Costigan's surgery, I found a surgeon in Marina Del Rey that essentially saved my life because this pain was unbearable.  In surgery, he found an "old dural sac violation" that had left my spinal cord nerves exposed hanging out which is why movements were shocking me.   I'll let you decide where it came from.  He closed it up and then, post surgery, completely blew my mind away discussing it with me.  How does something like this get missed?  The shocks are gone with some pinching here and there at times.  I'm left with other permanent damage including tailbone pain as well but at least I can walk, right?Oh ya and when 3 years passes, legally, the statute of limitations runs out in case you were wondering.
Feb 22nd, 2023

Had a cervical disc replacement with Dr. Costigan. Seen him throughout the course of a year....Friendly, pleasant, and caring doctor throughout the whole process. Never felt pressured and always answered any questions. Office staff are great and helpful. They also quickly responded to any questions that I had. Outstanding doctor.
Jan 16th, 2023