Brit left with one leg shorter than other after botched surgery in Thailand

[snoop1130]

 

A British Muay Thai boxer was left with one leg 3cm shorter than the other after undergoing surgery following a horror motorbike accident last year.

 

Connor ‘Carnage’ McBride is now resorting to fundraising in the hope of going under the knife once more to correct the botched operation.

 

A former British Junior Champion, Connor had been competing on the Thai island of Koh Samui when he was hospitalised by a motorbike accident.

 

Metal rods and pins were used to treat his badly fractured femur, but Connor has been left in constant pain by hip problems, spinal misalignment and disrupted bone growth.

In order to stand a chance of competing in the ring again, Connor will have to replace the rod with a plate.

 

By Sam Montgomery

Caption: Connor ‘Carnage’ McBride is now resorting to fundraising. INSTAGRAM/CONNORMCBRIDE100

 

Full Story: https://www.gbnews.com/news/brit-muay-thai-surgery-thailand

 

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[JensenZ]

He should thanks his lucky stars he can still walk.

 

An expat friend had a motorcycle accident in 2011 - it damaged his knee which required surgery. The best surgeon (and most expensive) in Thailand messed up the surgery and he had to go under the knife again - and again. Cost well in excess of a million baht - end result: His bones are ruined from all the surgery and can no longer regenerate.

 

They are so damaged he can't even get an artificial knee as the damanged bones would not support it. The only option would be to amupute the leg above the knee and use a prosthetic leg.

 

I would not recommend he get surgery again in Thailand, if that was his plan.

 

 

[smedly]

if the surgery was botched why is'nt the hospital responsibe un-botching it for free, the MB accident happened tuff luck - sounds like his injuries were serious -tuff luck, was he riding drunk when it happened tuff luck, looking for free money with GFM - tuff luck #### happens especially if he was responsible

[Ralf001]

23 minutes ago, smedly said:

if the surgery was botched why is'nt the hospital responsibe un-botching it for free, the MB accident happened tuff luck - sounds like his injuries were serious -tuff luck, was he riding drunk when it happened tuff luck, looking for free money with GFM - tuff luck #### happens especially if he was responsible

If the hospital un-botched it the gofundme would be baseless.... how else will the sister fund a trip to Thailand ?

[rocketboy2]

All sounds a bit limp. 

[hellohello123]

Playing devils advocate, 

Is the 3cm shortness because of hosptial incompetence?

[harleyclarkey]

And Thailand wants to shine as an international centre of exvellence for medical tourism?!. Seriously?

 

Check out the other horrific post from a member here of yet another botched surgery.

 

Yes, there are cases here of good surgery - but Thailand does seem to have more than its fair share of rubbish surgeons.

A BIG issue is that there is no true legal comeback

 

[Tom H]

fundraising or begging?????

[1duckyboy]

Broke my femur into three pieces in motorbike accident in America. The leg wound up 1cm. shorter. The femur is the strongest bone in your body and it takes a great deal to break it. He's lucky he's still alive. *^#@ happens, especially on a motorbike in Thailand.

Edited August 8, 2023 by 1duckyboy

[harrycallahan]

Let's raise $50 and get this kid a 3cm orthopaedic heal. 

[Nip]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

if the surgery was botched why is'nt the hospital responsibe un-botching it for free, the MB accident happened tuff luck - sounds like his injuries were serious -tuff luck, was he riding drunk when it happened tuff luck, looking for free money with GFM - tuff luck #### happens especially if he was responsible

Your ample evidence that #### happens and talks. Empathy is not something that registers with you tuff guy. 

[Jonathan Swift]

Suspicious story to play on public sympathy. The leg may be 3 cm shorter, but that doesn't mean surgery was "botched", it could be just the way it healed. Your leg will never be the same after that kind of accident. I didn't see anything in the story that would indicate fault on the part of the surgeon. Maybe it WAS the surgeon's fault, but there's not enough info in the story. 

[sumongkhwai]

If he's got rods an pins in his femur the doctors did what they could to save his leg after a "horror" motorbike crash. And he is now starting some fundraising to get his leg lengthened? Well 1) good luck mate and 2) get a job to pay for it yourself.

 

There's a reason I stopped riding motorbikes in my 40s, funny thing, I like to walk. Won't even take it to the 7, insist we take the Jazz but, that's just me.

[parafareno]

i mean why he does not wear these during the fight? 

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

if the surgery was botched why is'nt the hospital responsibe un-botching it for free, the MB accident happened tuff luck - sounds like his injuries were serious -tuff luck, was he riding drunk when it happened tuff luck, looking for free money with GFM - tuff luck #### happens especially if he was responsible

Maybe not botched surgery, just not the outcome he was hoping for?

As for getting back to competing I think he needs a re-think on his future.

[Kiwiken]

3 hours ago, JensenZ said:

He should thanks his lucky stars he can still walk.

 

An expat friend had a motorcycle accident in 2011 - it damaged his knee which required surgery. The best surgeon (and most expensive) in Thailand messed up the surgery and he had to go under the knife again - and again. Cost well in excess of a million baht - end result: His bones are ruined from all the surgery and can no longer regenerate.

 

They are so damaged he can't even get an artificial knee as the damanged bones would not support it. The only option would be to amupute the leg above the knee and use a prosthetic leg.

 

I would not recommend he get surgery again in Thailand, if that was his plan.

 

 

Some in the Isaan who needed serious surgery went to GOA instead. I met One aussie Guy who walked with a stick for several years after Leg damage. after Surgery in GOA he walked good as gold. I was surprised by it. Apparently the best there are.

[JensenZ]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

if the surgery was botched why is'nt the hospital responsibe un-botching it for free, the MB accident happened tuff luck - sounds like his injuries were serious -tuff luck, was he riding drunk when it happened tuff luck, looking for free money with GFM - tuff luck #### happens especially if he was responsible

As in the case i just mentioned above this post, unbotching is not always possible. They did try to unbotch it (twice), but the damage was too severe from the first botching. First of all there was the accident damage, then more damage created from the first botch, and then again after the 2nd and 3rd botchings.

 

You can't keep attaching and reattaching steel screws, pins and plates to bones. There's a limit. Eventually the leg can't be fixed and will need to be removed.

[JensenZ]

8 minutes ago, Kiwiken said:

Some in the Isaan who needed serious surgery went to GOA instead. I met One aussie Guy who walked with a stick for several years after Leg damage. after Surgery in GOA he walked good as gold. I was surprised by it. Apparently the best there are.

I'm sure my friend would have gone back to the UK had he known the best surgeons in Thailand were going to mess up his leg. By the time he had it checked out in the UK, it was beyond repair, and that was an assessment by UK surgeons.

[kwilco]

5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

A British Muay Thai boxer was left with one leg 3cm shorter than the other after undergoing surgery following a horror motorbike accident last year.

 

Connor ‘Carnage’ McBride is now resorting to fundraising in the hope of going under the knife once more to correct the botched operation.

 

A former British Junior Champion, Connor had been competing on the Thai island of Koh Samui when he was hospitalised by a motorbike accident.

 

Metal rods and pins were used to treat his badly fractured femur, but Connor has been left in constant pain by hip problems, spinal misalignment and disrupted bone growth.

In order to stand a chance of competing in the ring again, Connor will have to replace the rod with a plate.

 

By Sam Montgomery

Caption: Connor ‘Carnage’ McBride is now resorting to fundraising. INSTAGRAM/CONNORMCBRIDE100

 

Full Story: https://www.gbnews.com/news/brit-muay-thai-surgery-thailand

 

-- © Copyright GB News 2023-08-09

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

much more common than people realise. Even "successful" ops fall short of proper medical standards

[KhunLA]

Oh please ... try simply saying THANK YOU, for saving my leg, possibly my life.

 

So now he has a bit of a limp, OMG.  Shouldn't really interfere with his Muay Thai.  And of course, get others to pay to correct it.  Cry me a river.

 

My one leg is 4cm shorter than the other due to hip displacement, not an issue in anything I do.   Just a bit of a hobble when walking.  Actually mine is 'adjustable' and simply need to pull hip/leg back into position.

[smedly]

45 minutes ago, Nip said:

Your ample evidence that #### happens and talks. Empathy is not something that registers with you tuff guy. 

i'm not a scrounger either, I don't expect to get bailed by anyone for my own mistakes - you gotta roll with the punches and move on, yes it's tuff

[thaibeachlovers]

46 minutes ago, Nip said:

Your ample evidence that #### happens and talks. Empathy is not something that registers with you tuff guy. 

If the problem is that his leg is 3cm shorter then the solution is a shoe with a 3 cm raise. If that doesn't fix it then the problem probably isn't the leg length.

 

If he can't play in a ring anymore, perhaps he could feel happy that he didn't actually die.

 

BTW I don't have empathy for anyone that rides a m'bike in Thailand and then has an accident- it is probably inevitable to have some sort of accident if doing so, and I had one too. However, I didn't start a gofundme thing to get other people's money to fix myself.

[thaibeachlovers]

21 minutes ago, JensenZ said:

As in the case i just mentioned above this post, unbotching is not always possible. They did try to unbotch it (twice), but the damage was too severe from the first botching. First of all there was the accident damage, then more damage created from the first botch, and then again after the 2nd and 3rd botchings.

 

You can't keep attaching and reattaching steel screws, pins and plates to bones. There's a limit. Eventually the leg can't be fixed and will need to be removed.

<deleted> happens in surgery, as I know full well having worked in a surgical theatre.

The solution isn't moaning about it but to find the best solution, and seems like the best solution in his case is an amputation. Millions live successful lives after amputation.

The problem seems to me that he wants to continue being a ring fighter, and he needs to move on from that.

It's not like he's the only one had that problem.

 

 

[khunpin]

"Connor ‘Carnage’ McBride" 

 

Road carnage. Should never have ridden a motorcycle. 

Probably a bit out of balance now. 

[rocketboy2]

Could always go have 3cm cut off he other leg.

Job's a good'un. 

[Seeing]

I just do not understand why it seems every farang that has a motorbike accident in Thailand seems to need to fund-raise for everything and also complain that whatever happens to them is either not their fault or a sub standard job. Maybe they would be happier going back home?

[NedR69]

5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

......... is now resorting to fundraising.......

Sorry to hear of his misfortune.

Why do so many yahoos leave their country and do not have adequate medical insurance.  

Sadly again, it sounds like the usual suspect.  Thailand must be a haven for cheap charlie brits that have their priorities all hosed up. And they apparently do not understand the value of earning lifetime health insurance/medical coverage when they were working and that coverage could likely be worth more than any pension.  Even the advert at the end of the story is about medical insurance.  If any of this pisses you off or you still don’t get it…..well, there’s your sign.  Regardless, prayers for his speedy recovery.

[soalbundy]

18 minutes ago, smedly said:

i'm not a scrounger either, I don't expect to get bailed by anyone for my own mistakes - you gotta roll with the punches and move on, yes it's tuff

Life can be tough but as you say, one has to roll with the punches. With the proper shoes this won't interfere with his hobby, he could reinvent himself as 'Conner the limp McBride'.

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, NedR69 said:

And they apparently do not understand the value of earning lifetime health insurance/medical coverage when they were working and that coverage could likely be worth more than any pension.

You appear not to understand how it works in the UK, and as such your comments of little value. 

[ezzra]

1 hour ago, harleyclarkey said:

And Thailand wants to shine as an international centre of exvellence for medical tourism?!. Seriously?

 

Check out the other horrific post from a member here of yet another botched surgery.

 

Yes, there are cases here of good surgery - but Thailand does seem to have more than its fair share of rubbish surgeons.

A BIG issue is that there is no true legal comeback

 

The irony in this story is that Thailand want to start space exploration while can't even preform a simple operation properly. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by ezzra