Dr. Barton S. Arthur, MD

Dr Arthur is as inadequate a doctor and surgeon as I’ve ever known. He put a plate and screws in my 94-year old mother two weeks ago. She had multiple fractures of the ankle/lower leg. He then demanded that she walk on the injured leg immediately, using 50% weight. None of the therapists in rehab could believe the orders. So much so that they called to verify the orders were accurate. My mother has been in rehab for 10-days, and the therapists have been making her stand and walk. Yesterday, we went for a post surgical appointment only to find the plate and screws have shifted. Dr. Arthur blames it on my mother’s thin bones, with no regard to his orders for her to get up and walk immediately after surgery. He set my mom up for total failure. Now he wants to take the hardware out and replace it with an external fixator. Anyone with half a brain wouldn’t consider a fixator for a 94-year old. DO NOT EVER USE THIS DOCTOR. Even the nurses in rehab cringe when I speak his name. Yesterday, doctor Arthur re-splinted my mother’s leg without so much as cleaning it. It had dried blood and dead skin on it, and the cotton padding from the original splint was stuck to her leg. I asked him to clean the leg before re-splinting and both he and his nurse blew off my request and started wrapping the leg without regard to it’s cleanliness. They spilled wet plaster all over my mother’s clothing and wheelchair. I was appalled. You better believe I demanded to see my mom’s X-rays, and I took photos of them. I sent pre, post surgical, and follow-up X-rays to 3-surgeons in Houston where I live. All 3 were astounded at the orders Dr. Arthur gave for my mother to walk in a fractured ankle . I plan to get my mother as far away from Dr. Arthur as possible. Be forewarned. This man is uncaring, in compassionate, and a fraud. ,

I have seen Dr Arthur several times for bursitis and arthritis. Cortisone shots help a lot and today he gave me great news...no knee surgery is needed. He is easy to talk to and medically conservative, which I like.