I went in to have R. Blepharoplasty after my plastic surgeon, Dr. David B. Lyon of Sabates Eye Center made me wait 2 years from the first date of my request as he said my eye was not that bad. Supposedly only my right eye failed the peripheral vision testing. When I backed up and "creased" the right side of my truck I told Dr. Lyon I could no longer wait. On the day of surgery, I told the nurse I was there for my right eye and she took a "hard look" at me. The nurse said she would write for them to correct both of the lids ("shades" ?) as they both showed signs of excessive skin, even though only one was more apparently my problem. Sounded good then. Dr. Lyon works with residents, however I specified I did not want any resident except Dr. Kang ( a 4th year resident) to operate unless it was the one I had seen for the previous 2 years in his clinic. I crossed out the other person's name on the surgical permission form as I had never even heard their name prior to the day of my surgery - and repeated my insistence to the nurses and other OR personnel that ONLY Dr. David B. Lyon perform my procedure, and then again to Dr.Lyon also. Waking up I could hear what sounded like him "instructing how-to" to someone else, but thought they might be observing and I was in partial pain as the anesthesia was wearing off and I felt the needle in my lid and the tugging. I was given a second shot above my right eye when the pain became unbearable. Swelling was not bad but raccoon eyes lasted over a month and it felt like I has glass shards in my lower right lid and shooting pain in the upper one which Dr. Lyon said could have been from the additional shot when I became pain aware as right eye lidocaine had worn off during the procedure. 6 weeks out my right eyelid was drooping worse than before and I had trouble keeping the eye open. Dr. Lyon's remark was oh, well, I'll have the nurse call you and we'll schedule a revision. Went to another eye specialist who said according to my records - they corrected the lid only on the right eye - which was always the bad one - and corrected the muscle on the left one which now looks worse than before. Also he said the revision procedure is NOT an easy one as everything in there is small (smaller still) and will need greater attention and care. I still have pain, bruising and scars 5 months out although thankfully the double vision is almost gone except for when I get very tired and do not concentrate to keep my right eye open adequately. The second opinion surgeon says $8,000-$12,000 to correct depending on what he finds when he has me on the table . I WAS an optician (made eyeglasses) for a living 20+ years and thought I chose a reputable (recommended) doctor !!! Instead I may have been operated (entrusting my eyes, vision and future livelihood) to an unknown second year resident who never even saw me one visit prior to my surgery and only casually met me the day of my surgery. She was NEVER introduced as the person who would day operation ! The written and typed notes do not say who did what or was physically responsible for what part of my procedure. PROCEED WITH CAUTION - even professionals can get in trouble !!! Updated on 12 Mar 2016: At 63 I deserve to be treated "appropriately," and preferably with respect. Went to second consult - this time a plastic surgeon (first was occuloplastic specialist) who had ELECTRONIC ACCESS to all of my medical records. This doctor seemed more thorough - printed off records to look at during consult and to keep "hard copy" with his records. (I had to take to other doctor as medical records never sent the records to him after signing the release - I found this out 2/25/16, good thing I had a copy printed for myself ! ) Makes me wonder why these people have been conspiring "allegedly" to hide their physicians errors by not sending records to consulting doctors ? This plastic surgeon took pictures - which had not been done pre-op by Dr. Sarah Dehaybi or Dr. David Lyon of SABATES EYE CENTERS - and said to correct by doing browplasty as a possible option told me by the first consult would not be advisable as "my eyes looked hollow" after the ptosis surgery to my left eye and blepharoplasty to both. Without "before" pictures or cutting my lids open again he could not tell how much, if any, eyelid fat had been removed. General facial pictures I had are not helpful. "Special" pictures are customarily taken pre-op and measurements, neither of which were done in my case. All they did was "draw" an image on each of my lids on the day of surgery. He could carefully do ptosis surgery to my right eye as it should have been - however with by eyebrow being "heavy" it might not be as satisfactory as the heaviness of my brow could "push down" my lid and the brow issue should have been addressed at the same time or before the original ptosis surgery. (My colleagues all have been telling me to stop frowning - I am not - it is the heavy brow issue that neither Dr. Dehaybi nor Dr. Lyon mentioned or addressed.) In my opinion, had they taken pictures and done pre-op lid measurements as is the "custom" by many skilled physicians - my brow issue might have been caught and been able to positively correct. So I went for my 2nd set of post-op visual fields and it confirmed both doctors suspicions - ptosis surgery was done to my left eye and blepharoplasty to both - so there is not much "additional curtain" (eyelid skin) to work with now, even though my brows are pushing down and making me look angry. There has to be a certain amount of lid left on your eye or it will not close properly which can cause more/additional problems. So I went back to discuss my issues AGAIN - now going on 6 months after surgery - with the doctors who did my original operations - now that I knew by consults what was causing me still to have issues which they would never acknowledge with truthfulness. (Hindsight) I choose not to believe they could read the chart and kept stalling - but then upon realization of what happened offered the initial "revision" suggestion - which scared me as I NEED my eyes and could not stop double vision at times or discomfort, etc. so what might second operation cause me to incur. When the Doctors' assistant - with whom I had been discussing my issues & problems while waiting for the doctors - pointed out in my chart where my RIGHT eye had been the problem for over 2 years and that the surgery to my left eye was unwarranted by my chart, Dr. Lyon tried to insist Dr. Dehaybi made a dictation error and said he would CORRECT my chart, and continued to state revision surgery could be done. He was not pleased when I then told him 2 other doctors had possession of it, and had done confirmation testing because then the chart could no longer be "altered" or be "changed" without incident - it had been circulated to "like" professionals. Then Dr. Dehabyi was in the hallway with another female colleague laughing about the "blanket consent for surgery" they have patients sign as it clearly states you can die from their eye surgery and they are held harmless if you do - but their patients are coerced into signing it JUST before going under deep anesthesia and into surgery. Dr Lyon then tried to excuse the issue by firmly stating that NO doctor could tell what had been done without cutting my eyes open again to examine the stitches. (under the lumpy scar tissue they left me which is not only irritating but an issue to wearing eye make-up with the scar not hidden in the crease as touted as one of the benefits would occur) Nice way for a Boy Scout Leader to react - and an even nicer way for the female doctor to laugh at patients behind their backs. These are the type of physicians/docotrs/surgeons whatever they are allegedly referred to as that are the quality you get when you go to them at SABATES EYE CENTERS. It seems like not that long ago, there was a Dr. Felix Sabates whose office was at 64th and Troost that TRUELY CARED about his patients, their needs, and their vision. I guess with his "retirement" those days are gone - either that or they think that with their 9 locations they are so big they are invincible. There does not seem to be quality control - shove them in, shove them out, get the money - great ! I'm still at a loss as to my right eye - I am afraid Dr. Dehaybi could "accidently" do me bodily hrm and Dr. Lyon concurr. If anyone has their license numbers (maybe from a paper prescription) I could possible file a formal complaint with the Board of Healing Arts and other regulatory agencies involved - would appreciate any information you can share.
