Better yet, what does it feel like to get compartment syndrome during surgery when the surgeon is operating on the ACL?!? What are the life long complications due to the surgeons carelessness? I dislocated my left knee (ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL, class 4 lesion to the Patella, and a torn Meniscus). During my second surgery to repair the damage, while under the care of Dr. Sterett, Dr. Hackett and the Steadman Clinic, I got compartment syndrome on my lower "right" leg. Keep in mind they were operating on my "left" knee. Before their acts of carelessness, I was competing in duathlons, rock climbing, mountain biking, climbing and snowboarding 14ers in Colorado, road biking, practicing yoga, lifting weights, mountaineering all throughout the Cascades and Rockies, skiing, snowboarding, hiking...pretty much living the Colorado dream. Now, none of that is possible. I will no longer be able to return to my normal active lifestyle. Neither Dr. Sterett, Dr. Hackett, nor the Steadman Clinic, has taken ownership in destroying a perfectly health leg. Leaving me to deal with a lifetime of complications.
Better yet, what does it feel like to get compartment syndrome during surgery when the surgeon is operating on the ACL?!? What are the life long complications due to the surgeons carelessness?
I dislocated my left knee (ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL, class 4 lesion to the Patella, and a torn Meniscus). During my second surgery to repair the damage, while under the care of Dr. Sterett, Dr. Hackett and the Steadman Clinic, I got compartment syndrome on my lower "right" leg. Keep in mind they were operating on my "left" knee. Before their acts of carelessness, I was competing in duathlons, rock climbing, mountain biking, climbing and snowboarding 14ers in Colorado, road biking, practicing yoga, lifting weights, mountaineering all throughout the Cascades and Rockies, skiing, snowboarding, hiking...pretty much living the Colorado dream. Now, none of that is possible. I will no longer be able to return to my normal active lifestyle. Neither Dr. Sterett, Dr. Hackett, nor the Steadman Clinic, has taken ownership in destroying a perfectly health leg. Leaving me to deal with a lifetime of complications.