My first fusion resulted in a revision which resulted in 2 infections requiring all hardware to be removed and 3 months with a PICC for antibiotics. My wife and I did confront the doctor who was quite flippant about it, simply reminding me that stuff happens, but offering more pain meds. Last time we saw him.
What did talking to him accomplish? Nothing, but he was the surgeon and who else could I talk to? I did find a stellar surgeon afterwards who redid all the original and revised work/hardware. Screws were hand tightened, not the right size, fusions were fractured, etc.. the new guy became the only guy and has done all my spine surgeries since then.
Try to do critical research, don't take suggestions from friends or family. You must become as informed as possible of basic anatomy and medical procedures/technology. My opinion. 😁

Who is they that have been trying to see the said Dr.? Who
are the them that the Dr. is avoiding? Just trying to understand better. I would definitely make a consultation with a lawyer before it is to late to do anything about it. I suffer immensely from pain 24/7 despite pain medications. My pt is the one that told me, that he believed it was my surgeon that caused all of my problems that led to my amputation. The Dr that did my above knee amputation was a totally different surgeon than the one that did 10 surgeries on my leg. However, there was no proof, because my leg was gone, and by the time I had my amputation and I started pt with my prosthetic leg, it was too late to do anything. I fully trusted my 1st surgeon, as he flew all over the world doin surgeries, did conferences all over a well. I wish I would have listened to other and found a different Dr. However, when I would call other offices, because my surgeon was already in the process of all of these surgeries, no other Dr would touch me. It pays to do research. I am praying things get resolved soon for your partner.
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Hi Becca2! I am so sorry your partner had this happen to them! I had a botched surgery back in 2019 and it has changed my life forever....I wish I had sued the surgeon in time. I did go back and try and talk/confront him and he was so arrogant and it just made me feel worse. My suggestion to you is try and get your partner to hire an attorney before its too late....this doctor needs to be held accountable for what they did and all the pain and suffering it has caused your partner (and you), and maybe it will also help other patients from being hurt as well...good luck, God bless, and you both are in my prayers!

Thank you, this is really helpful actually :)

Thanks you for the answers. And to clarify the theys and thems refer to my partner that is mentioned in the actual question.