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| - I had a rotator cuff repair with Dr. McGee in 9/2015 that he felt would be quick and easy, stating that I'd be back in the gym climbing in 4 months. The surgery, however, resulted in the loss of function in three fingers, my hand, and wrist. He changed his surgical plan without consulting me and used a technique to repair my bicep that put him dangerously close to the median nerve, which he burned. This resulted in my living in excrutating pain for 7 months, losing the function of my thumb, index and middle fingers, sensation on the right side of my right hand and muscle in my forearm and hand dying because Dr. McGee did not take my injury seriously and he refused help me.
After seeing a peripheral nerve surgeon, I was told the incision he made was not sufficient. I was referred to the top peripheral nerve surgeon in the US at Washington University in St. Louis where I had to undergo a series of nerve grafts and nerve transfers. Dr. McGee did not make any of these referrals despite my PT reporting that I was experiencing aggressive muscle waste. I was left to do my own research to find the appropriate surgeon to try to repair the damage done.
I have permanent loss of function in my fingers, hand, and wrist because I was not referred to a nerve specialist following surgery and the muscle waste was too advanced.
Dr. McGee also neglected to address that I was suffering from complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type II post surgery and failed to prescribe the proper treatment that could have alleviated my pain.
11/16 Update: It is more than a year from the initial surgery injury and six months since my surgery at Barnes-Jewish in St. Louis and I am still without function or sensation, though my fingers now bend. I will be having three additional surgical procedures in April 2017 where the hope is to restore the function of my fingers. The results of a Feb. 2016 MRI show that the shoulder repair failed, I still have a partial thickness tear of my supraspinatus tendon. I still experience pain on a daily basis.
1/2017 Update: My finger bend but I still cannot pull the trigger back on a bottle of Windex, I cannot write with a pen and I still type with six fingers. I still have pain in my fingers when it's cold or when I am on a long flight.
I am a former professional rock climber and while I am fighting and working very hard to regain use of my fingers. Dr. McGee's msitake has changed by entire life --my ability to function at my job and enjoy my life.
I recently met a person in Colorado who had something similar occur in a shoulder surgery, though she lost the function of her elbow. In just a few weeks, her surgeon deemed the injury severe (as was mine), he called and scheduled her with a peripheral nerve surgeon about 3 hours from her home, and covered all of her expenses included time lost from work. No lawyers or lawsuits --just integrity.
Dr. McGee's error has cost me tens of thousands of dollars. Please note that in Nevada there is a law that protects doctors, so if a mistake happens in surgery, it is your responsibility financially to fix it.
When it comes to Dr. McGee, my advice is buyer beware.
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