A friend of mine told me that he/she has drop foot after internal tibia surgery , we don't know how this happened , but it's his doctor fault , do anyone of you know why this could happen and how could a doctor avoid it ? that's a very serious complication , i'm not going to tell the name of the doctor but my friend is looking to sue him.
it can be nerve damage , i dont know how this could happen , did the doctor tell anything to your friend about that ?
Quote from: KrP1 on January 07, 2019, 05:40:58 PMit can be nerve damage , i dont know how this could happen , did the doctor tell anything to your friend about that ?
No , he didn't
dropfoot is a serious complication. Theres also degree of dropfoot. Some being severe, like you see the leg has to be lifted very high and tossed on ground to walk. Like goose-stepping.
I hope other members can shed some light on this.
Is the doctor by chance Dr. Betz? I know several of his tibia patients who got dropfoot due to permanent nerve and muscle damage.
Quote from: hanshi on January 07, 2019, 07:23:06 PMIs the doctor by chance Dr. Betz? I know several of his tibia patients who got dropfoot due to permanent nerve and muscle damage.
No, he is'nt Dr. Betz, do you know What could cause this?
Nerve damage. Most likely due to untreated compartment syndrome or nerve damage during the drilling. It's definitely the surgeon's fault.
Quote from: hanshi on January 07, 2019, 09:54:13 PMNerve damage. Most likely due to untreated compartment syndrome or nerve damage during the drilling. It's definitely the surgeon's fault.
Or couldve been nerve damage by lengthening too fast or not stretching properly and the nerves getting over stretched, in which case that would be the patients fault. Nerve damage is not always the doctors fault.
Quote from: Heightchange on January 07, 2019, 05:21:32 PMA friend of mine told me that he/she has drop foot after internal tibia surgery , we don't know how this happened , but it's his doctor fault , do anyone of you know why this could happen and how could a doctor avoid it ? that's a very serious complication , i'm not going to tell the name of the doctor but my friend is looking to sue him.
Most times you cant sue for nerve damage. Especially if the procedure was done abroad. Nerve damage could be either drs fault or patients. You have too many variables to just put the blame on somebody. Now if the patient was fine before initial surgery and woke up with drop foot then it couldve been a mistake by the dr during operation but if the drop foot developed during lengthening then i would say it both doctor and patients fault. You have to do plenty of research before going through with this surgery and not just rely on what the dr says. If the patient wasnt stretching properly and just lengthening then drop foot can occur from that also, in which case that would be the patients fault. Like i said, too many variables.
Jim you are always objective. thank you
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