This man, Mark B. Davis, MD of Prescott Az destroyed my life. I played tennis, biked, power walked, hiked, playing basketball with my Grandchildren. Never again. I'll never be able to do any of it again, because he so screwed me up. I can hardly walk after his TKR much less play tennis. I was in so much pain 7 or so years ago and all he and his jerk of an assistant could say after my surgery was "sometimes they don't work like you expect". He never suggested anything conservative first. He would never see me again. I think I know why.
Get He sent me to a Physical Therapist but not for 7 or 8 months after. So recovering from it was really bad. I was stiff, inflexible, bad range of motion. It was his "church buddy" PT off 89A, who was a nice enough guy, but I don't think I got much of any relief or help after months and months of therapy there. So I went to another prominent orthopedist in Prescott to see if he could fix me, and he told me after looking at X-rays and other records that this BUTCHER cut one of bones too short, making the other too long. It doesn't end there. He also put in a prosthesis that was made by EXACTECH a company that has been part of a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, for years, then the prosthesis's that were RECALLED, which the new Dr told me about, but Davis never said a word to me. Not a peep. This is a life changing injury! He knew it before he put my knee in, he had to. The lawsuits were going on WELL before my surgery. They are bankrupt now! He used a product of a company that was so undercapitalized they could not withstand a lawsuit. What kind of an id*ot does that?? And who knows WHY he decided to use a company with hundreds of lawsuits, but I have a good idea. Now, I have no recourse against the company that forced me to seek a revision that would have to include removing a knee that might have been recalled, I didn't want to do this when I was 80-85-90! This other Dr who told me about what he did to me said "he should never cut another patient again, he has no business being a surgeon, performing any surgery, he butchered you!" Then he said he would (actually he could not ) not help me but referred me to his "buddy" in Scottsdale. So, I had a revision because of the recall, and the agony, and it turned out to be as bad as the first TKR, because how do you fix such a big screw up? The Dr was honest and said it might not help. But not that it could make it 10X worse. I was naive. I'm much, much worse after getting it and am having more damage done to my bones as a result of all of the surgeries. That Dr.'s NP or whatever she was, did all my follow up appointments. I asked her to see if the Dr. would do a "manipulation" early on, the NP, who was very nice, said I had to wait. Years ago I had to have manipulation on my shoulder and I KNOW I should have had it sooner than a six months or year later. This new Doc would not let me do PT for months and months! Every friend I know who has had TKR has had PT within a week or two, and they are great now! Finally had that manipulation and it totally failed, "I waited too long"according to the Dr. Was he kidding? I told him I asked his assistant a lot earlier! Like at 3-4 mo after surgery then again at 6 months. But got the same response from his assistant, "you need to wait! She denied saying anything. She lied, I look d like a fool. I bet she never said a word to my Dr. So will I ever be able to get better? At my mid 70's I am going to have to live out my life destroying left hip and left metatarsal bones in my left foot (no pun!!!) because I limp so badly! If I cannot get this fixed, by someone, then I know what my next step will be. Dr Davis will not have seen nor heard from the last of me. Orthopedic surgeons are absolutely the most arrogant of all surgeon. Think twice before you ever seek their help. We "Peons" need to step up and make those arrogant bastards get their comeuppance!! I wish I could rate this guy a ZERO. I hope his office sees this.. read more