WARNING ABOUT SURGEON

I am sorry to hear of everything you have been through and glad you are on the road to recovery, finally.  But your very first post was very unclear and people want to facts on those things expecially since they may consider him as a surgeon..   First of all he did what you wanted even though you were under weight and no other surgeon probably would have touched you, so there was a risk right there..  I feel that people don't educate themselves enough before choosing what to do.  Did you do a ton of research before picking him as your sugeon??

Again, I am trying not to bash you on this but I work for 2 orthopedic surgeons, and they are very educated and highly trained in the procedures they do, but there has been a case or two where it seems whatever can go wrong with that patient goes wrong..and no matter how many 100's of the same procedures they do successfully you always here more about the one bad one.  

You said he was found to be careless, which I believe you, but I also believe he has performed hundreds more procedures without incidence.  Unfortunately this happened and you were the one to suffer, but all humans make mistakes and from what I understand this isn't going to stop him from performing more surgeries.  Maybe it made him a better surgeon because of your case. 

I am just sorry you had to suffer and hope you were compensated well for his carelessness and hope he learned a lesson from it all.

Ok...let me get this stright....you had your Surgery 3 years ago and your just telling people now? and you have been a member of OH for one day? DId you just gain back the use of your typing fingers? Please help me figure this one out because it sounds a bit far fetched to me. I just checked for info on the Dr...nothing is pending....all lawsuits against Dr's are posted on the Michigan.org site.

Maria

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Name and Address Name : MARK A PLEATMAN Address : Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 Profession and License/Registration Information Profession : Medicine Type : Medical Doctor Permanent ID # Status Issue Date Expiration Date 4301053620 Active 07/14/1988 01/31/2010 Complaint(s) Open Formal Complaints None Disciplinary Action Disciplinary Action None

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Puh-leaze...

I don't really have anything to add, as the previous posters (who didn't even have Pleatman as their surgeon!) have said it quite well. Do you think people don't look at things like join date? I really liked the screenshot showing no formal complaints/disciplinary actions.

-Leigh

So, where are your details and your information from the court?  Come on quit being so invasive with you details.  If your going to bash someone you can't put up a post like that and not give any details!!!!

I am sorry that you had complications I also had complications from surgery but I am not on the board bashing my surgeon who did my surgery and made a mistake with my case.  Even though you won your lawsuite that is not going to stop Dr Pleatman from practicing medicine and doing more surgiers.  You need to move on and start living life and be happy. 

I agree that if this indeed a legitimate story, you shouldn't feel as if you can't tell it or come to this site for support. Your posts are unclear and sound like a rant. If you want people to take you seriously, calm down, type your posts out thoughtfully and carefully and you will get better results.

I am sorry that you had complications and glad that you are fully recovered.

I wasn't attacking you at all....I felt bad that you were trying to get some information out there and everyone jumped on you.  I just wanted you to know that other people were going to come at you for the post.  I also wanted to try to put an end to everyone just challenging you over and over and try to have a one on one conversation with you if they wanted more information.

I can totally understand why you wanted to let everyone know about your experience.

I hope you are healthy and can continue to be in the future