Bad Surgeons, Bad Communication, or Just Bad Disease?
I cannot tell you how many message board and blog posts I have read over the past years concerning treatment that sounds as though it would only be offered in medieval times. I am not sure whether this is because the patients posting do not understand what is offered to them or they simply are going to the wrong doctors. It may also be a case of such bad disease that there may not be a reasonable surgical solution. Here is the challenge for now: If you feel you have been a victim of some type of flawed orthopedic surgery or decision-making in your case, post it here. Lay it on. I will then take all these posts, review them with a group of colleagues, and see if we can make heads or tails of them. Dr. K. (If you think you will post something to get ammunition for a lawsuit – forget it. We will analyze the posts to give positive, general information for everyone to learn from.
