Advanced Surgical Associates Sc

In 2010 a member of this group practice botched my colon surgery. I woke up from anesthesia and began to copiously bleed out. I was rushed into critical care and received 6 pints of blood. Over the course of the next 6 weeks in the hospital I developed pneumonia, a blood clot in my left leg. Also my stomach was so distended with blood and puss I looked like I was 6 months pregnant. My intestines stopped working and my stomach had to be pumped from the accumulating bile and decomposing food. I was at the brink of death on several occasions. The entire time the surgeon insisted I did not have a perforated bowel. He discharged me after 6 weeks, week, swollen and still in tremendous pain. 48 house later I was readmitted in an emergency condition as a cat scan showed 3 large internal absesses. I was given a pic line surgery to administer massive doses of antibiotics and a surgery to implant a drain tube through my right pelvic bone. Again I questioned this surgeon, do I have a hole in my colon. He denied it. Several days into my second stay around Xmas 2010, an infectious disease doctor proved I had indeed a hole which had not closed and was emptying contents of my bowel into my pelvic cavity. This had caused the assesses to form. The surgeon visited me the next day and I confronted him with this by saying why did u deny I had a hole in my bowel. Your incompetency almost killed me and I have suffered excruciating pain for weeks on end
He smirked and said well u have a drain now and are on antibiotics the hole (fistula) should close on its own. Then he walked out of the room. On January 2 I was back in surgery, this time at Lutheran General. Dr. Prasad, professor of colon and rectal surgery told me in his 35 years of practice he has never seen a fistula of this type close on its own past 6 weeks post surgery.
Because of the botched surgery In November 2010, I endured 3 more surgeries in2011. The first was for a temporary colostomy, the second to redo the bowel and the third and final in June of 2011. I don’t see this surgeon practicing with this group at this time. I tried to sue for malpractice but was unsuccessful
The reason they gave me was the doctor followed standard protocol. If that is the case, standard protocol almost took my life. It took a fine surgeon to approach my condition with specialized treatment that saved my life.

Called the office to get a copy of my records. They have an «office policy» where they charge customers $ 25 just to get a copy of their medical records. Two different people (one’s name was Julie) lied to me and told me that it was free to get a copy sent directly to another doctor. Julie put me on hold and then «checked with her office manager» and told me that, since I didn’t get a direct referral to another doctor from them, that they would still charge the $ 25 to get a copy of the records.
Bottom line is: these people are impossible to deal with. They dig in their heels, and refuse to provide a simple service to their customers. You’re better off finding a doctor’s office who appreciates their patients, and doesn’t nickel and dime them.
On another note, Alan Loren will spend as little time with you as possible, and rushes to get you out of the office. I visited them with some specific concerns several weeks after having a procedure done, and he told me just to come back in two weeks, if it was still an issue. I wouldn’t have come there if I didn’t have an issue, so they essentially wasted two hours of my time.