Sorry to hear you are having issues. I tried to sue my tkr surgeon for pinching off the popliteal artery behind my knee that supplies all the blood flow from my knee to my toes. Went to all my after surgery appts. and all he said about my cold tingly foot, no feeling in my leg and purple toes was to give it time maybe a year or 2. I went to a lawyer and they took my medical records and sent to an expert out of the area because the surgeon I had was well known in the area. Anyway the expert read through all me records, which I had to pay $250 to have done, and he found nothing in my records from my surgeon that I ever complained of issue with my leg/foot.

I know he was great for never signing off on any of my appts. I had with him because I would go on MyChart and found nothing signed off on (I even went to the patient advocate and complained, she was going to check into it). But I found that until after I went back to him 2 months after my tkr and told him what he had done! Then he opened the medical notes, highlighted everything and hit delete. poof all gone. and all he said back to me was why I waited so long to get it fixed, I could have lost my leg. It took my primary to get me in for an ABI (that measures the blood pressure in your legs) and then an angiogram that showed you could not go any further than behind the knee. When I had the artery surgery, which left about a 10-12 inch scar behind my knee, that surgeon took out about a 1 inch dead dried blood clot. needless to say I ended up with permanent cell and tissue damage, but good blood flow to my toes. There is still some numbness in my toes and outer side and heal, but at least I still have my leg.
So all the lawyer told me was no use even though there was total neglect on the tkr surgeon. for one if you do win the case they will take out what ever amount your surgery etc. cost first, then the lawyer fees and expenses, and you don't really get much as far as dollars go, but you would have satisfaction. You also have to do something within 2 years.
It was 3 years in Feb. that I had my tkr and just heard that my surgeon has been band from doing any surgeries in one of our 2 hospitals in the area. karma is a . . . . .
Lori

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