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i fell june 16,2011, broke tibia&fibula, had surgery a rod&screws, i felt my leg was improperly aligned, after much pain, not healing, the othrpedic
Asked on Apr 09th, 2012 on Medical Malpractice - Georgia
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surgeon realize he align it improperly, 3-31, another orthropedic had to rebreak my bone 2 properly align it, he told me one leg will be shorter than other and i will walk with a limp, do u think i have a case, the insurance would not repay for the first dr. to redo the surgery
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It sounds like you have a case. I successfully represented an individual in New Jersey under a similar fact pattern. The question is why they did not recognize the malalignment in the intraoperative/postoperative xrays.
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Answered on Apr 10th, 2012 at 1:40 PM