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Not Told for 11 Days What Took Place During my Surgery

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Not Told for 11 Days What Took Place During my Surgery

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Not told for 11 days what happened during my surge

Repeated mistakes, too many to list here. For a surgeon who walked into the room, introduced himself & said 'We f'ed up' he made a few mistakes, the worst of which was he didn't tell me about my surgery for 11 days, no one did, even 5 days after when I left a vm for someone to call me & tell me about the surgery. No one did, ever. My prescheduled 7 day postop visit with Dr. Fletcher was changed to a nurse visit, who wasn't present during tbe surgery. IT WAS 11 DAYS BEFORE DR. FLETCHER TOLD ME WHAT OCCURRED DURING MY SURGERY. What kind of surgeon would do this to someone he cut open? What kind of human would do this to another human? It was a broken wrist, but I had a right to know what he found & did during surgery. This is very concerning.

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James W. Fletcher, MD

James W. Fletcher, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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October 3, 2024
And to top it off, 11 weeks post surgery, I now have non union fractures, both in the original fractured radius, & thanks to him, since he cut the non injured ulna, I now have 2 broken arm bones that have not healed. Well done, Dr. Fletcher! I will never have anything good to say about Dr. Fletcher & his incredible unprofessional, unethical post surgery treatment. He fits in with the low standard at Broward Health facilities.
UPDATED FROM Modest746430
4 months post

An Unpleasant Experience

Modest746430

Repeated mistakes, too many to list here. For a surgeon who walked into the room, introduced himself & said 'We f'ed up' he made a few mistakes, the worst of which was he didn't tell me about my surgery for 11 days, no one did, even 5 days after when I left a vm for someone to call me & tell me about the surgery. No one did, ever. He wrote a prescription for a muscle relaxer rather than the antibiotic he intended, yet he said he filled it. I had to insist his staff that ot was not the antibiotic he intended. He made the mistake, kept the prescription he made the error on, yet its on my chart he filled it. My prescheduled 7 day postop visit with Dr. Fletcher was changed to a nurse visit the morning of my appointment, who wasn't present during the surgery. IT WAS 11 DAYS BEFORE DR. FLETCHER TOLD ME WHAT OCCURRED DURING MY SURGERY. What kind of surgeon would do this to someone he cut open? What kind of human would do this to another human? It was a broken wrist, but I had a right to know what he found & did during surgery. He consciously chose not to alleviate my worry or stress. This is very concerning.

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July 24, 2025
Filed complaint with state over this guy. Don't waste your time here. He'll smile while lying to you. And he doesn't carry malpractice insurance? Is it too expensive for him? Hah! Did he have a big negligence payout? Or is it basic greed? Find yourself another surgeon. Surgeons like him are a dime a dozen. His $48,000 surgery did not accomplish any of the objectives he told me. NOT A SINGLE POSITIVE OUTCOME FROM HIS BOTCHED CARE. I don't trust him.
July 24, 2025
Total failure to obtain ANY of the objectives he told me. My hand is even more displaced after his surgety.