Lydia Long underwent a closed knee manipulation at the surgery center to treat scar tissue that had developed after a total knee arthroplasty. She alleged the femoral nerve block performed by Donald Raithel, MD, damaged her nerve.
After a year of physical therapy, Ms. Long still walked with a limp. Dr. Raithel countered that the knee manipulation had stretched the nerve and caused the damage.
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