Bakhtiari Being Released

[Bretsky]

Am I the only one wondering if Bakhtiari could someday sue the Packers for medical malpractice for misdiagnosing his injury?

Not really; I don't think they mis diagnosed anything. I just think they were hoping he could play through some of the pain without realizing how bad it was. He played a great game versus the Bears (classic when he gave their whole bench the middle finger). But then the pain came more than anybody expected.

[bobblehead]

Am I the only one wondering if Bakhtiari could someday sue the Packers for medical malpractice for misdiagnosing his injury?

Not sure its ever happened in professional sports. Sherrod had a more legit gripe than Bak. They actually botched his surgery from what I recall. Thing is, you sign waivers, have a collective bargaining agreement and every doctor will tell you there are no guarantees.

[NewsBruin]

Am I the only one wondering if Bakhtiari could someday sue the Packers for medical malpractice for misdiagnosing his injury?

I remember Joe Jurevicius sueing the Browns over getting and misdiagnosing a Staph infection in his knee. That got settled, so we don't have a precedent for it.

The Chargers have not one, but two different doctors sued.

I feel like it happens, especially when players vent to reporters, but they get settled over meeting tables, so we won't hear much about it. All the stories I remember making news are more for specific actions than bad diagnoses, as well.

[smuggler]

Staph infection is below a standard of care and the team/surgeons/surgical site can be liable for that. Sounds like the Packers just wanted to take the conservative approach to management of Bakh's knee, which isn't substandard care, but definitely sounds like a strategic blunder in hindsight.

[call_me_ishmael]

To me it clearly sounds like they misdiagnosed the injury the first time. It sounds like it was more than the ACL and they limited the fix to the ACL and it still hurt a lot. Not sure there is any reason to believe there was an infection from the 8 weeks of non-weight-bearing but maybe he literally means like Bretsky said of being stuck in a chair for eight weeks straight and had his knee removed to treat an infection. That doesn't sound likely to me though.

[Bretsky]

Regarding the infection, 1-2 percent of torn ACL's have that occur. I only caught the 8 weeks because that is standard procedure for the infection. I only know this cause I was in the 1-2 percent.
I have no complete evidence that occurred; it was just my view since it happened to me. I can also say, that after they remove your knee, and put it back in, often people never get things back to the 100% area. Often, every time it seemed like you are at 100%, something occurs, and you take a step back.

With that being said, I haven't heard any real evidence that anything was mis diagnosed, unless I missed something

[run pMc]

He's a pretty outspoken dude. If it was misdiagnosed, there would be a lot more smoke around that on social media and from his conspiracy theory QB buddy.
I think he did everything he could - even against common sense - to play. I have little doubt that if a player like him wants to play and tells Butkus he's good enough to play they'll let him play.

I got the feeling re: surgeries they tried to avoid them as much as possible because of the recovery time needed. He wanted to get on the field ASAP and I think it worked against all parties.

(This is just my reading of the events and my own speculation.)

[Patler]

He's a pretty outspoken dude. If it was misdiagnosed, there would be a lot more smoke around that on social media and from his conspiracy theory QB buddy.
I think he did everything he could - even against common sense - to play. I have little doubt that if a player like him wants to play and tells Butkus he's good enough to play they'll let him play.

I got the feeling re: surgeries they tried to avoid them as much as possible because of the recovery time needed. He wanted to get on the field ASAP and I think it worked against all parties.

(This is just my reading of the events and my own speculation.)

I agree. Bakhtiari seems like a proud, honorable guy, and I suspect felt an obligation to get back as soon as he could, since just before the injury the Packers had made him the highest paid lineman in league history, with more than half of it virtually guaranteed.

[call_me_ishmael]

Misdiagnosed is probably the wrong word. My gut feeling is they thought X was wrong, and they tried to fix X, but were unsuccessful or 80% successful or something. Ultimately he needed a second surgery because they first didn't do the trick. That's all I'm saying.