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@odess13 I was just reading through sorry to hear so many people in pain . Most of the time there is nothing you can do. Dr put wrong size knee in but was within his scope . Unless you have infection or gross malpractice usually no lawyer will bother with you . But if I were you I would contact a lawyer have him take a look . Some of These Dr feel they are like gods no repercussions , most of the time that is the way it is . Maybe if they had to be held accountable they wouldn’t perform as many knee surgeries. Maybe they would question before they do a surgery.. because I can guarantee is when he surgery is they’re doing and not. Everyone is a candidate that they’re doing it too. Good luck I hope you get it figured out out

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dbduffer | @dbduffer | Apr 20 11:04am

@ezas123

Thanks for your post.

My TKR (12/23) did not turn out well. I think that the surgeon may have installed it improperly but four other surgeons have examined me and they can see nothing wrong on any images.

I have had 10 Orthopedic surgeries including 4 implants in the last 15 years. Every surgery has risks; there is no guarantee. About 15 - 20 % of TKR patients are not completely satisfied with their result. There are some like mine which are the rare exception.
I will have a full revision next week and hopefully this will resolve or at least mitigate the pain.

I have a legal backgound. Without an obvious issue pointing to malpractice most any case, if an attorney would take it, would fail.
As disappointed and frustrated as I am I prefer to direct this energy to getting my knee fixed.

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