Dr. Dale D Dalenberg, MD

Our son broke both of his bones in his right arm approximately 3 inches below his wrist. This injury required emergency... surgery. Unfortunately, we did not have time to research surgeons. Dr. Dalenberg pinned his arm when it should have been plated, he put him in a half arm cast instead of a full arm cast and he set his arm with a 30 degree bend at the breaking point. When we took our son in for his follow up and to switch from the temporary cast to the regular cast, Dr. Dalenberg bragged about his work. However, just by looking at the x-rays, it was obvious that something was very wrong.

Within days, we took him into another surgeon for a second opinion. They stated that his arm was not set right and he would have a permanent 30 degree bend in area of the break if he did not have an additional surgery to repair the careless mistake made by Dr. Dalenberg. They also stated that our son spent the last 2 weeks in an unnecessarily high level of pain due to the way Dr. Dalenberg did not realign his bones, misjudged using pins instead of plates and putting him in the wrong cast. My son has a very high pain tolerance level and he had went through all of his prescription pain pills following Dr. Dalenberg's surgery. This is something a parent never wants to see their child go through.

Within two days of receiving the 2nd opinion, our son was back in surgery. This time it was at Children's Mercy Hospital instead of Ransom Memorial Hospital (Ottawa). They realigned his bones, stabilized it with plates and put him in a full arm cast. They also left a slit on the front and back of the cast in order to release the pressure from the typical swelling that occurs a few days following surgery. His pain level was manageable and his was only on prescription pain meds for 2 days following his second surgery. And I am proud to say that his arm is straight once again.

I am writing this because it was very difficult to watch our son go through such a high level of discomfort and pain that was caused by Dr. Dalenberg's negligence. We were disgusted after seeing the x-ray from what Dr. Dalenberg put our son through. It was even more disgusting that he bragged about his work. I wish we would have had time to research surgeons. If you do, please save your child or yourself from this same experience and utilize a different surgeon. more details