I had a very bad experience here. I am writing thi...

I had a very bad experience here. I am writing this to encourage anyone in need of surgery to obtain multiple opinions before using a provider at the Steadman Clinic.

I was an active 32-year-old with no health issues other than my knee when I came here for a revision ACL surgery. My provider was Dr. Provencher. I was told I needed an ACL, meniscal transplant and OATS procedure to resolve the swelling and instability. They said this needed to be done in two surgeries so that they could remove a prior ACL screw in my shin and bone graft the tunnels before fixing anything. They said the first surgery would be very simple and second surgery could be done 6-8 weeks later.

Two days after the 1st surgery and being in utterly excruciating pain I was diagnosed with a DVT blood clot near the surgical site at the ER and put on blood thinners. I continued to have bizarre complications including multiple infections of the surgical site. The wound would re-open after closing and weep like crazy for weeks. I also had SEVERE complications with the blood thinner.

My PCP urged me to get a second opinion in regards to the infection and what to do going forward. Another surgeon explained that the Steadman clinic broke my tibia while removing the old ACL screw. The back of my tibia was popped off, a fracture on the side and missing bone on the front where it looks like the screw was bored out. They then smattered a massive amount of bone graft all over the bone which was protruding into my soft tissue. The new surgeon said he had never seen anything like this and that with the damage to my bone I d be looking at 6-12 months before returning to normal activities or doing the second surgery. He also said that this 1st surgery was completely unnecessary.

This explained why I had so many complications, but I was so shocked that I went to four more orthopedic surgeons to figure out if that second surgeon was right. And they all said the EXACT same thing. They had never seen anything like this and removing this screw/doing this surgery was not necessary. Every single one of these surgeons also had no idea why an OATS procedure was being recommended again more unnecessary surgery.

My operative report is a joke, it doesn t mention anything about what actually happened to my leg in the OR. I question who actually performed this procedure. Be aware that the Steadman clinic often has interns/fellows involved in surgeries. I think it is more of a teaching clinic/factory than anything and would strongly recommend you find a competent surgeon elsewhere. I am certainly worse off than I was before I came here.