cherialie@yahoo
Junior Member
CA,
I had a interpositional arthroplasty of my right thumb. Approximately 1 1/2 weeks after the surgery I was having alot of pain and pressure from the pin in my hand. I called the Drs' office to have it checked out (I was still in a cast). The Drs' office refused to see me. They said that my Dr was on vacation and I would have to wait until he returned ( which was after Thanksgiving) and if I was in that much pain go see my primary physician. So I went to the Urgent Care. They took an x-ray and when they saw the pin said it was suppose to hurt. They never took the cast off or looked at my hand. I told them as I told the Drs' office that it felt as if a bone was coming out of the top of my hand. But they did nothing. On Thanksgiving day I felt something running down my hand it was blood. The pin had come through the top of my hand and in doing so pulled through my graft site. So on the following Monday my dr came back from vacation as soon as he saw what happened he did emergency surgery to take the pin out. But the damage had been done. to this day I have a lot of pain and it is hard to use my hand. Iam basically looking at a fusion or artificial joint replacement. If the Drs's office where i had the surgery done had seen me (they have a group of otho drs in this group) I feel my surgery would have healed properly. Iam going to need time off of work for additional surgery plus I looking at the possibility of not being able to return to work if I have a artificial joint in my hand. I feel this malpractice but Iam not sure. Any help will be helpful.
I had a interpositional arthroplasty of my right thumb. Approximately 1 1/2 weeks after the surgery I was having alot of pain and pressure from the pin in my hand. I called the Drs' office to have it checked out (I was still in a cast). The Drs' office refused to see me. They said that my Dr was on vacation and I would have to wait until he returned ( which was after Thanksgiving) and if I was in that much pain go see my primary physician. So I went to the Urgent Care. They took an x-ray and when they saw the pin said it was suppose to hurt. They never took the cast off or looked at my hand. I told them as I told the Drs' office that it felt as if a bone was coming out of the top of my hand. But they did nothing. On Thanksgiving day I felt something running down my hand it was blood. The pin had come through the top of my hand and in doing so pulled through my graft site. So on the following Monday my dr came back from vacation as soon as he saw what happened he did emergency surgery to take the pin out. But the damage had been done. to this day I have a lot of pain and it is hard to use my hand. Iam basically looking at a fusion or artificial joint replacement. If the Drs's office where i had the surgery done had seen me (they have a group of otho drs in this group) I feel my surgery would have healed properly. Iam going to need time off of work for additional surgery plus I looking at the possibility of not being able to return to work if I have a artificial joint in my hand. I feel this malpractice but Iam not sure. Any help will be helpful.