Patient-203

Patient-203 went to Dr. Bradley Baker at Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center. Surgical errors resulting in a loose screw and damage. Patient went to a better surgeon, Dr. Bascharon at Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Institute, who removed the loose screw and repaired the damage. Patient says "avoid Dr. Bradley Baker and go somewhere else."

Patient-203 went to Dr. Bradley Baker at Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center.

DO NOT GO HERE!!

Save yourself a horrible experience and just go see Dr. Bascharon at Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Institute of Las Vegas.

You will save yourself a ton of money too by avoiding the surgery center and be treated like an actual human being.

I had an ACL repair, along with an internal brace put on my MCL.

At my 6-month post op visit, I told Dr. Baker there was a weird lump that was tender to the touch on the outside over the MCL scar. He dismissed my concern and said it was probably scar tissue and cleared me to return to sport. I couldn't even run at this point.

I pushed myself in physical therapy, and my knee started hurting in the patella and my thigh started atrophying and we couldn't figure out why.

So I went and got a second opinion from Dr. Bascharon because I was done with Dr. Baker and his dismissive and uncaring approach at this point.

Turns out, THE ANCHOR SCREW HAD COME OUT OF THE MCL and was floating in my knee and scratching on the tendon, and the result was that my VMO muscle just shut off and stopped firing because the pain of the displaced screw.

Because of this, I now have a giant hole in my patella cartilage and permanent arthritis. Thank you so so much Dr. Baker for not listening to me and as a result, I now have to live with permanent arthritis for the rest of my life.

If Dr. Baker would have listened to my concern and investigated the giant lump in my knee, we could have found out the screw had come out and taken it out right away instead of me pushing myself for 3 months in PT because he told me it was just scar tissue.

So I had Dr. Bascharon complete my surgery to remove the dislodged screw. She is an incredible doctor and surgeon. She called my husband in the surgery room as soon as she was done to update him.

When I got my first surgery with Dr. Baker, I only knew he was going to repair my ACL and he said he would fix anything else in there if needed, but I didn't find out until later he fixed the MCL and my meniscus as well.

Don't you think you should call your patient or the person picking them up and let them know what you did?

Also, on another note, Dr. Baker's office is not empathetic or compassionate at all.

It was a night and day experience going to Dr. Bascharon. She takes her time, gives you a handicap parking pass, doesn't make you feel like an inconvenience or stupid for asking questions and just all around a pleasant experience.

Additionally, Dr. Baker operates at a surgery center which is triple the cost.

Dr. Bascharon operates at a hospital, so it was $1500 compared to $4500 for the procedure with Dr. Baker.

Save yourself time and money, and also be treated compassionately by going to see Dr. Bascharon at Orthopedic Sports and Medicine Institute of Las Vegas. You will be so much happier you did.

And lastly, Dr. Baker is an MD, and Dr. Bascharon is a DO which makes a huge difference. A Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) has additional training in the musculoskeletal system. Dr. Bascharon also utilizes mesenchymal stem cell injections, which help regenerate tissue growth instead of just putting a bandaid on with a cortisone injection. She is focused on patient outcomes!!

AVOID DR. BRADLEY BAKER (at Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center) AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!!