I had Dr. Venos perform ankle/foot surgery on me back in 2003. For the next several years, I was in mild to severe pain. One toe is now completely numb and in pain, and the top and left side of my foot always feels like it is "asleep" and is numb and tingling. I don't like dealing with doctors to begin with, so I put off doing something about this until just a few months ago. Yes, 7 years later. I was able to obtain my original surgery report, MRI, and x-ray that Dr. Venos used to "diagnose" my condition.
Well guess what I just learned?? I discovered that he needlessly cut into my foot, and once inside there, he did NOTHING---absolutely nothing. The two podiatrists I have seen are shocked by what they have seen. The scar from where he cut into my foot is completely at the wrong angle, and goes against the basic rule of cutting in-line with the foot so as not to cross any nerves and cause damage (which is what I learned I now have). I was in a cast from my foot up to my groin for almost 2 months, and the two podiatrists that are reviewing my case are perplexed by this----they can not figure out or understand why this was done.
The bottom line is this....I am in pain for life now, because Dr. Venos performed a surgery that was not necessary. Once he opened me up, he did nothing anyway! The report, in his own words, essentially says that he did nothing. But what he said to me in my follow-up appointment is TOTALLY the opposite of what the surgery report says. And since this happened 7 years ago, what can I do?? My guess is probably zilch, zero, nada! So instead, I at least want to let fellow Yelpers know about this guy. It's about all I can do. Feel free to contact me with any questions---I have absolutely nothing to hide, with all documentation and pictures (MRI, X-Ray) to back it up. Dr. Venos has nothing to back up his side of the story. read more