Overview

This page concerns bunion surgery at Choice Podiatry Center in which the procedure and follow-up care allegedly were negligent, leading to non-union in the patient’s toes and later revision surgeries by another surgeon.

System Choice Podiatry Center
Fact pattern Negligent bunion surgery and follow-up care resulting in non-union and later revision surgeries
Alleged harm Non-union requiring revision surgeries

Chronology

  1. Thomas Reed underwent bunion surgery on October 14, 2022, performed by Dr. Vivian Iwu.
  2. The surgery and follow-up care were negligent.
  3. Key issues allegedly included failure to use hardware to fix severed bones, lack of proper post-operative care, and failure to diagnose or inform the patient of non-union.
  4. Thomas eventually required revision surgeries by another surgeon.

Alleged failures

Dr. Vivian Iwu allegedly failed to use hardware to fix severed bones during bunion surgery.

Choice Podiatry providers allegedly failed to provide proper post-operative care.

Providers allegedly failed to diagnose or inform Thomas Reed of non-union before revision surgery became necessary.

Entities

Choice Podiatry CenterDr. Vivian IwuBunion surgeryHardwareNon-unionRevision surgeon
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