Beware! My 3.5 year old bumped his nose on a school desk bouncing. There was no bleeding, just a swollen mid-section of the nose. We went to our primary care, who referred us to Dr.Spektor's practice. Once there, Dr.Spektor walked in, looked at my son's nose and without any kind of examination or absolutely justified and necessary nose X-Ray, in this case told me, that he can tell that my boy's nose is broken and my son needs an urgent surgery, to reset nose bones. I asked him how can he prove it to me, as a parent, that the nose is broken, without even taking an X-Ray? He said, that he is an experienced doctor and does not need any X-Rays to diagnose a broken nose. I asked him again, if he can order an X-Ray to see, if the nose is broken, indeed. Dr. Spektor declined it. I was completely shocked and totally lost to hear such an unprecedented verdict. Being a thinking and responsible father of three I declined any surgical interference and rushed my son to Boca Regional ER, where we were offered an X-Ray immediately and, as it turned out there was not a single fracture or nose bone dismissal. Next morning I received an urgent call from Dr.Spektor's practice informing me, that my son was scheduled for a nose operation , with a full seduction /sleep anesthesia (very risky procedure for minor children),within a couple of hours that day. I was speechless, but was able to ask the front desk to pass it down to Dr.Spektor if he is interested to look at my son's X-ray on DVD, before suggesting an operation, as there was no nose-bone fractures at all. They never got back to me.
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