Surgeon did not have required anchors to fix meniscus, he had to abandon surgery after 2 hours.
I had meniscus repair surgery on 25 June 2026. I went in texpecting it for to be a 45 minute surgery but it went on for two hours and my husband said he got worried. After two hours the Surgeon explained to my husband that they did not have the anchors to anchor my meniscus is down and that they were sorry and they needed to schedule a revision surgery. After reading the operating room report, it says that they did not have the right tubing, underwater cautery tools and lastly, they did not have the needed anchors to anchor my meniscus down. That was the whole point of my surgery. Now I have to go under sedation again and reopen my knee. I can’t start Physical Therapy, I need to start all over again from square 1. This surgery was planned for a month before I actually went in, so I’m wondering why they did not have the tools to complete my surgery. Needless to say I’m going to a new orthopedic doctor and a new hospital and the risk management has escalated my case to their parent company to be reviewed