Dr.Thomas Vongillern , Moline, I. basically butchered my right hand! There is not a day that goes by that I don't regret having this man touch my right hand! So many lies and misinformation by this man resulting in nothing short of malpractice many lies! Any future patient beware ! read more

i asked for Dr. VonGillern, but once i started treatment with Mark Stewart i was not allowed to switch doctors by his office staff. mark did a bunionectomy which did not turn out, so i wanted vongillern, and was refused...so...i went back to mark....he did the surgery a second time with an arthrex plate.... THE ARTHREX PLATE IS DEFECTIVE........as soon as i woke the nurse said....the screws pop out of these plates ALL THE TIME, and people have to be opened up again to tighten the screws! WOW! F***! shit! D***! I'm screwed! also, at the last minute they let the rep of arthrex plates watch the surgery...when i asked to meet him first....they said no...just sign...so i did! i was running 5 miles a day before i met mark....i have not run since the second surgery did not turn out, and my foot is worse than when i started.... Mark, himself, REFUSED TO SET UP AN APPT WITH ME DURING MY POST CARE....THE internal SUTURES HE USED WERE PUSHING OUT OF MY FOOT LIKE BLACK ROCKS AND WERE INFECTED.....WENT TO MY DERMATOLOGIST...HE SAID...GO TO MARK...HE'S THE ONE THAT DID IT.....when i called mark's office to set up an appt...i spoke to his nurse...she read his comments right out of my chart stating he did not want to care for me.. i dug the sutures out with a knife.......A REFERRAL to iowa city WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE.....NOW I DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE AND IT IS YEARS LATER, AND MY FOOT HURTS SO BAD I CAN HARDLY WALk i now have noticed....the screw has popped out of the plate...i can feel it under my skin....eventually, i imagine the head of the screw will break thru my skin....hopefully,,,,it is a phelps..... I BELIEVE WHAT CAUSED HIM TO DISLIKE ME, IS...AFTER THE SURGERY...I ASKED HIM....ABOUT PINLESS BUNIONECTOMIES.....BECAUSE, I HAD MY TEACHER ASK ME WHY DID I LET HIM PUT A PLATE IN ME, AND WHAT WERE MY OTHER OPTIONS.... I NEVER GOT ANY OTHER OPTIONS BESIDES THE PLATE...... I LOST MY JOB BECAUSE OF THIS....I WAS A MASSAGE THERAPIST DOIN NORTHERN STYLE THAI YOGA MASSAGE WITH MY FEET.... THERE ARE 2 KINDS OF PEOPLE....RUNNERS....AND NON-RUNNERS.... MARK IS A NON-RUNNER, he rides the motorcycle i paid for..... i recently went to get an opinion for a 3rd bunionectomy....i was informed that what is important is the SPACE BETWEEN THE METATARSALS.....THE SPACE BETWEEN MY TWO METATARSALS IS TWICE THE DEGREES IT SHOULD BE.....WHEN MARK REVIEWED MY XRAY WITH ME THE LAST TIME....HE TOLD ME WHAT WAS IMPORTANT WAS THAT THE BONES WERE LINED UP..... WRONG! AGAIN! MARK!....IT'S THE SPACING ACCORDING TO INTELLIGENT SOURCE...... IF YOU WANT GOD TO DO YOUR SURGERY....THIS IS YOUR MAN read more

His associate, mark stewart, sports medicine performed a bunionectomy on my big toe. Twice. He used an arthrex plate implant instead of a "pin". When i woke from the surgery, the first thing the nurse said was"the screws popout of those plates, and they have to be retightened..i see it all the time".! I have since lost my insurance. I need $20,000.00 to redo this surgery, and also need to save money incase the pins suddenly need re-tightened. my bunion is far worse now than before the surgery, and is extremely painful A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS Right before they were to wheel me back for surgery....a Rep for the Arthrex Plate Co showed up....he asked if he could watch my surgery....the nurse asked me to sign a consent form to allow him in the OR....I asked to meet him...She said, "No". I signed the form to make others happy. If Between Stewart and the Rep...if they could not choose the right size of plate, and the right location on the bone for the plate.....THEN THE ARTHREX PLATE IS A PIECE OF JUNK THAT THE FDA NEEDS TO REMOVE FROM THE MARKET; THE FAILURE RATE IS TOO HIGH, AND IS DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET. The Rep never even contacted me later to see if his implant works. Also, the sutures Stewart used did not dissolve, they pushed out like black hard rocks, causing my incision to blister and fester, and get infected. I used to run 3 miles a day. I haven't run since. I also have quit school. I was taking hands-free massage (thai yoga massage with feet) so much for all the cute shoes i dreamed of wearing.... read more