Patient-33

Patient went to Dr. Holman Chan at Nevada Orthopedic. He did surgery and caused permanent damage to her leg. He broke her femur during surgery and lied about what he did.

Do NOT go to Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center.

Dr. Holman Chan told me I needed surgery to unlock my leg. He said he was going to straighten out my leg and remove the scar tissue behind my knee. He said it was a very complicated surgery, and he was the only doctor that would be able to do the surgery. I will be walking day of surgery. He said he had performed three of these complicated surgeries.

He never straightened out my leg, he never removed the scar tissue ball from my leg. He said he felt it dissolve, and he instructed me to walk after the nerve block wore off.

I called Dr. Chan and his office multiple times after the surgery and told them my leg was still locked and in extreme pain. The staff and Dr. Chan just told me it was normal and to keep trying to walk.

I had giant bruise on my upper thigh looked like I was kicked by a UFC fighter. I have severe osteoporosis which Dr. Chan was aware of.

Five days after surgery, the pain was not going down. It was just getting worse. I went to the hospital where he performed the surgery. I was told I have a fractured femur. They contacted Dr. Chan, and he said it was from the impact of me trying to walk. Which where HIS INSTRUCTIONS.

He never reached out to me. He sent his assistant to see me.

All he said was Dr. Chan said I should be in a knee brace. Which was impossible to get back in due to how deep he made the stitches and my leg still being locked.

Dr. Chan finally came on the 3rd day. He never examined my leg. All he said is how he wanted to keep me as a patient because I told his assistant I no longer wanted him as my doctor. Needless to say, he never checked back in with me.

I called Dr. Chan on the 5th day of the hospital stay to let him know that I was upset that he had not checked in and had not informed me of why I wasn't having surgery the hospital said I would be having.

When I asked him for an MRI after my stitches were removed, he refused to approve it and started raising his voice at me. I started yelling back at him. I told him as a doctor you should take care of your patients. You never called me the first or second day of the hospital. You came and never examined my leg. You just wanted to convince me to keep you as my doctor. You haven't called me after your visit.

I'm calling you to find out why I'm still in the hospital with no answers. He refused to give me an MRI. He didn't want to because I would find out the scar tissue ball was never removed or dissolved in his words.

When I went to his office to get my stitches removed, it was done by another doctor in the office. I was told they were very deep.

I've seen two orthopedic doctors since him. One orthopedic surgeon said the case was too complicated for him. The last orthopedic surgeon said the surgery should have never been done in the first place. He believes my femur was fractured during surgery. This doctor informed me Dr. Chan was his friend, and he didn't know what he meant by the scar tissue ball was dissolved. So, in other words, Dr. Chan lied.

They asked if I received a picture of my leg being straight? Which, of course, I never did.

He's suggesting AMPUTATION due to the damage Dr. Holman did or a Taylor frame which can cause more fractures.

I'm still looking for an orthopedic surgeon that will take my case without suggesting amputation or a Taylor frame -- since most doctors won't touch another doctor's messes, especially in the first 90 days after surgery.

My leg is still locked, and the scar tissue ball is still there. My surgery was February 6, 2025. I've been told it could take up to two years to get my leg better, if it ever does get better. My femur is only partially healed.

If I could rate this place negative stars, I would.

Dr. Chan has two prior complaints with the Nevada State Medical Board for performing surgery and damaging patients. On one patient, he performed surgery on the wrong side. Clearly, he is not qualified.

The fact that this practice still allows him to perform surgery knowing he hurts patients is unreal.

Please save yourself and do not go here.

Enter Dr. Holman Chan in Google along with "complaints," and his Medical Board complaints will show up.