Anyone from Michigan?

[RLE]

Heard of Dr. David A. Shneider? He claims to fix lateral releases (though he still does them) but I've never heard of him on this board.

[KW]

I could be wrong but I do believe this is the OS that twobadknees uses.

[Driden]

It has been a while since I visited his website, but I seem to recall that he does direct repair by sewing the native retinaculum rather than LPFL reconstruction using a graft. I have never seen a report by one of his patients, but I think you are wise to be on the hunt for testimonials because the failure rate of repair is known to be higher than reconstruction.

[RLE]

I think I'm going to lose my mind. I live in the second largest city in the US and I can't find anyone who will deal with my knee without a lateral release. And my experience with doctors is they'll mess you up then move on and tell you it's your problem.

[TwoBadKneesUSA]

KW yes Dr.S is my OS.  He does the repair, but I am not sure how he does it.  I did not get my op report, but then I had a partial replacement and they have to cut the renticulum to flip the kneecap anyway.  I certainly have no problems with it, excpet for some numbness.  I expected that anyway since the prior LR left some anyhow.   Quite often he will tighten up both sides as needed.  A LR is not always needed, but is quite often done with other procedures to center the patella (at least that's how Dr. S does it).

You could call the office and see if they have any patients with a repair willing to talk to you.