Dr Betz Complications! Nail/Screws Break and Require More Money and Surgery

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Quote from: bumky on December 21, 2013, 01:12:30 PM
1/if this forum want to be fair and honnest, how will the traffic be funded and managed? old forum  got tired to supervise teh forum and I can really unserstand it. The involvement of SysOp (he is almost always connected, as a full time job.... ) is clearly suspect.
 

- For the server's expense, it's not a massive sum as you may be led to believe,  $10-$20 monthly. It's not necessary for anyone to donate $2500 or whatever old forum  is asking for.

- Managing this forum,  we currently have 3 moderators and may add more, it's about having a group discussion to make decisions than anything else. 

- There's no need to supervise the forum when it's about open discussion and honest information regarding LL.   I trust members will eventually settle any difference in opinions between themselves like adults. 

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Quote from: bumky on December 21, 2013, 01:12:30 PM3/ Have you ever heard/met some cases of extremes complications, like limb loss, paralysis, or serious similar handicap...?

No, never heard. The worst cases I've heard were bent or broken nails, that were fastly solved with a surgery. It sounds that you cant trust 100% on Betznail but you can trust 100% on Dr. Betz surgery skills.

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I beg to differ

I know of cases of bone infection. Further there are severe cases of compartment syndrome with long term nerve and muscle damage. Also in cases the nail breaks there are bone fracture and soft tissue damages. I know of people sitting in a wheelchair 6 months after breaking their nail.
Dr. Betz takes on patients who have been refused by other doctors because of their bone structure or -density. These patients end up with lifelong damages.

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Hi Mime,

what kind of bone structure or -density would/could lead to being refused LL?
Please share more of your knowledge (patient complications, etc.) - thank you!

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OldieButGoldie, patient of Dr. Betz, posted this x-ray of his Left Femur today... his left femur looks bent a few degrees.  Can and should this be corrected?  OBG, if you see this and want the picture removed, just let me know.

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This is why they don't do internals in Beijing - you can't do corrections if something goes crooked, and they fix all complications for free.

But I'm sure Betz would be happy to straighten that leg out for $25000.

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I saw OBG's X-ray on old forum  and can't say I would be happy to have my femurs like that.
Hopefully nothing is wrong and he won't be affected of it but for a procedure that expensive it doesn't look so good.

Maybe it's the angle in one picture but it seems like there is a screw through the bone but not through the nail. It seems to go under the nail so the nail can rest on it.....
Betz should know what he is doing so I guess it's ok.

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Yeah, that screw that isn't screwed into anything is puzzling to me too.

Also, on looking at it more closely it seems that his bone is naturally bent.  The bend doesn't start until well below the osteotomy.  Maybe Betz can't correct it but it doesn't look like he caused it, if it's even something that should be corrected.  To be honest this is the first femur x-ray I've ever looked at.  Beijing is a tibia place so I'm a tibia guy.

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Quote from: Sweden on December 27, 2013, 05:36:07 AMMaybe it's the angle in one picture but it seems like there is a screw through the bone but not through the nail. It seems to go under the nail so the nail can rest on it.....
Betz should know what he is doing so I guess it's ok.

I seem to recall OBG mentioning something about Betz addiing it for extra support although he doesnt normally do it for patients, I think he previously had bent screws also?

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Quote from: BilateralDamage on December 27, 2013, 02:47:53 AMOldieButGoldie, patient of Dr. Betz, posted this x-ray of his Left Femur today... his left femur looks bent a few degrees.  Can and should this be corrected?  OBG, if you see this and want the picture removed, just let me know.

Wow guys, some wild comments and speculations going on in here. So let me comment on it: almost every human femur bone is bent a few degrees.
Perfectly normal. Cannot be corrected and -of course- should not be corrected.