5. The embarrassment, pain, expense, and disappointment must be profound. Third in a series. (We note that Dr. Meltzer. Its harmful saying that this surgery is experimental and dangerous. I too, at one point, thought of him as a savior. Raynor v. Crane, CGC-17-556713 was dismissed November 8, 2018. Again it is harmful and dangerous, this surgery. The plaintiff alleges negligence in connection with three transformative urological surgical procedures, including a procedure similar to a metoidioplasty, replacement of testicular implants, and the placement of a new 3-piece inflatable implant. Doe v. Crane, CGC-17-560690 was dismissed March 15, 2019.[1]. A ninth malpractice case, Hansen v. Crane (CGC-18-571442), brought in November of last year, was also dismissed on January 14, 2019. You make a reasonable effort to present it fairly as well. I get gender dysphoria, but at some point we have to have an understanding that we were born woman, no two ways about it. Theres a handful of surgeons who have decided (for whatever reasons) to focus on us and we know that we are all guinea pigs as they do their best efforts to hone their craft in a field where theres no text books or formal education. Your comment will have a better chance of publication if it makes a constructive contribution to the topic at hand. Part 1 is here. He graduated from UNIVERSITY OF IOWA in 2002. For the record, I have seen people on r ftm and Tumblr blogs discuss medical malpractice freely: I firmly believe medical malpractice concerning transgender surgery is an area that needs more oversight and exposure as a whole. The truth always.. I see. Scott, I had a fully successful phalloplasty, in Canada, and know many many others who are in the same boat. Diane Ehrensaft) are aware of it. * Research has revealed some interesting facts and circumstances about Dr. Crane. I had many, MANY complications and to be honest, I wouldnt wish this on any enemy ever. You also hypothesize that perhaps they were aggressive and unpleasant and disturbing what is your evidence for that? I am a transgender FTM and I am looking into the surgery. The surgical consent form indicates that M was to receive: The plan for this surgery was to remove the old phallus from 2011, and to re-construct a new one, this time with tissue from Ms left forearm (M underwent electrolysis and laser hair removal on the forearm area for six months prior to the surgery to prepare the skin for transplant). Part 2 is here. I dont believe hes being uncaring or half-assed. I was actually the one to email you when you posted. I spent a month on a morphine drip after another doctor admitted me when Crane would not. You state that Dr. Cranes patients werent patient and didnt understand the complicated nature of these operations (BTW that is a hallmark of Dr. Cranes job to make sure his patients understand whats involved). Doe v. Crane, CGC-17-560690 was dismissed March 15, 2019.[1]. In process of getting government coverage for meta w/ crane. Dr. Crane now appears to practice in Austin, Texas, and has been joined there by Dr. Richard Santucci (together with Dr. DeLeon); Dr. Safir holds down the fort in San Francisco and has been joined by Dr. Angela Rodriguez. Youre attaching something to the bodycan it be unattached if the patient decides they dont like it? At L Plastic Surgery, our board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Charles K. Lee, performs phalloplasty or reconstructive surgery for a penis. According to the Crane Centers Facebook page, Dr. Brownstein retired in 2013, after having performed thousands of FTM chest surgeries and passing this extensive knowledge along to Dr. Crane. Are there existing YouTube links? Many of us are silenced because 1. I will say, there is momentum moving and many of us will soon be coming forward-large media coverage-you name it. We are involved in one of them. As a side benefit, a successful malpractice lawsuit might deter future negligence, and reduce the number of potential future victims. FTMs are a statistically smaller amount of the population. Taylor Carson v. Crane, CGC-17-556743. In any other context, we would have compassion for the victims, and not tie ourselves into knots attempting to justify or explain away the injury. Fourth in our series featuring Dr. Curtis Crane, phalloplasty surgeon. There are probably a couple other points worth mentioning that you leave out: 1. Shame on California Politicians! They all have slightly different techniques and they sometimes meet up to share ideas. my good friend had phallo with him a few years back, and now he is having minor complications. He handled me with care and performed my procedure well. 9 known men had horrible circumstances but the amount of men with success exceeds those tenfold. After researching a long time hes the only one I would have gotten the surgery with. Im not familiar with this website at all, but got linked to this article from a transresource Its unknown whether he ever returned to full-time work (in a court filing dated March 2019, M stated that he had been out of work for the majority of the past three years). Ms case (CGC-17-560690) was, like the others, filed in the civil division of the San Francisco Superior Court under the pseudonym John Doe. (Note: Although M was repeatedly doxxed in the court records by the attorneys on all sides, we retain his privacy here, as we have no interest in shaming or causing further sadness to M [we use Ms preferred pronouns for the same reason].). Personally, had I known the REAL percentage rate, had I known about Caydens or Raynors complications (which I asked what are some of the complications etc) he was never forthright about those complications. Doe v. Crane, CGC-16-550630 was dismissed April 5, 2017. We cant know. Jacobs mother, Mimi, has already written her memoir chronicling the familys journey. This has been a fairly easy recovery. Moreover. One might reasonably conclude, then, that all of these actions have been settled out of court. A phalloplasty is done in a hospital under general anesthesia by a plastic surgeon and/or a urologist . (uro-genital surgeon); Gabriel Kind, M.D. In March 2019 (following the three post-Crane surgeries), M stated that he still had an abscess in his pelvis where his vagina had been. Thanks, worriedmom. Some of yall think this is a place to say its just a botched mutilation surgery. I wish you every happiness in life. Thank you for your answer. But better to hear this and have to find ways to cope with it, than having to cope with such a surgical aftermath. 3. One of the other doctors that perform surgery with Crane told me that Crane creates mistakes because he makes MORE money fixing his intentional problems. It is impossible to understand the turmoil, desires, wants and needs of others, I get that. Dr. Curtis Crane, MD is a Urology Specialist in Greenbrae, CA and has over 21 years of experience in the medical field. Youre asserting that mis-gendering / dressing room access and online bullying doesnt cause actual harm it can and does. I'm talking, like, you'd be waiting until at least 2019 to have surgery. [1] Interestingly, on March 7, 2019, Cranes defense counsel in this case was ordered to pay a $1,800 sanction for misuse of the discovery process.. As of the writing of this article, however, all of the malpractice litigation filed against Dr. Crane in San Francisco has now been dismissed. Thank you for researching these cases. PS Your the first person I know that didnt have major complications, again Im happy for you, thats really cool. There is no big trans-cover-up-conspiracy going on. Carson v. Crane, CGC-17-556743 was dismissed October 10, 2018. DeLeon and Safir remain affiliated with Dr. Crane. The plaintiff in this case alleges negligence in connection with Dr. Cranes implantation of an inflated pump device in a second-stage phalloplasty, and the subsequent infection and loss of 40% of the plaintiffs penis. 3.3 (7 ratings) Leave a review Brownstein and Crane Surgical Services 575 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Ste 1 Greenbrae, CA 94904 Accepting new patients It is safe to assume that at least that case was settled (for quite a lot of money to cover the medical debt from all the surgeries and have enough left overto buy a house in the markets he is looking in). While there are those who will deny that fact, it has been covered up. By all accounts, this does not eliminate the dysphoria anyway in the end, and he is charging up to $0.25M for the privelege. Please let us know. Second, it seems that activists are concerned that covering practitioners such as Dr. Crane will lead to increased gate-keeping and perhaps lower availability of medical care. Since our last coverage of medical malpractice litigation against renowned phalloplasty surgeon Curtis Crane, M.D., we've received frequent inquiries about the current status of the lawsuits and his practice. No. This operation was not planned to, and did not, include construction of a functioning urethra. The filing also stated that, because of the surgeries he had undergone, M had to assume a new job for which he was paid 50% less, and was then living paycheck to paycheck.. It must be hard to hear that current medical technology cannot really deliver your dream. and Does 1-30 alleging medical negligence. Based in Austin, Texas, Dr. Crane is impeccably trained, both as a plastic surgeon and urologist, and has completed fellowships in reconstructive urology and transgender surgery. I am 23 years old trans I had a breast augmentation with dr crane and it was the worst experience of my life I threw away 10k and I will be afraid to go back to do the breast augmentation although I know it was due to incompetence of such fear was that I came to think that I had put old implants in my body and one bigger than the other in different dimensions, I had some 4-year-old hormonal breasts and ended up flat because of Crane I couldnt do anything because I also signed papers and By the way they wanted to make me feel like I was not sure I was transsexual just because of how horrid my breasts were that I had them removed. Its your word against his and he clearly is being paid 100s of thousands of dollars PER SURGERY.. How do you go up against someone like that? It was actually a huge stressor for many patients who booked with him there and then the team fell through (and so those on his books had to reschedule either for a later date when they got a new team on board or have to come to California. Yeah, 4thwavenow is terrible not the surgeon who is completely wrecking people. If the doctor is incompetent and has botched these surgeries, thats one thing, but if not and these are down to other reasons, then what can you do? Raynor v. Crane, CGC-17-556713 was dismissed November 8, 2018. From interrogatory answers filed in the Raynor case, cited above, we do know something about Dr. Cranes professional liability and medical malpractice coverage in 2016, the date the malpractice alleged in that case was claimed to have occurred (see Motion for Relief from Waiver of Discovery Objections dated April 16, 2018, Declaration of Corban J. Porter and Exhibit D thereto): Private settlement agreements also typically include NDA (or non-disclosure agreement) provisions, in which the parties agree to keep all terms of the settlement confidential, and further agree to the payment of damages in the event of a breach. The Crane Center has wasted no time in accessing potential new patients, sending attractive representatives to attend such conferences as Gender Odyssey in San Diego and the Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, and sponsoring art festivals and pride events. No one else, other than a rare few, is willing to step up to the plate. For phalloplasty, there are two main options: single stage vs staged phalloplasty. At some point we have to face disphoria instead of butchering our bodies. Since our last coverage of medical malpractice litigation against renowned phalloplasty surgeon Curtis Crane, M.D., weve received frequent inquiries about the current status of the lawsuits and his practice. For an added bonus, prospective patients may even be able to receive a free initial surgery consultation, right there at the conference! This is really scary to me, even though obviously I'm not getting a phalloplasty. Surgically, the procedure is quite different from Phalloplasty, and Metiodioplasty usually costs much less than Phalloplasty. Any internet searches for brownsteincrane.com result in a re-direct to Crane Center for Transgender Surgery, a practice operating in California and Texas. I have been shocked at the level of victim-blaming and rationalization that seems to be occurring in the FTM community around these facts particularly when the plaintiffs themselves are members of that community, and certainly have suffered for it. Of all those doctors, today only Drs. Please keep your remarks on topic and free of religious dogma of any kind. Any up dates here? The reports triggered a wave of mass hysteria across the country. Apparently, the cartoon had a lights flashing sequence that doctors said, in theory, could make a tiny fraction of children, with certain nervous system syndromes, possibly react with seizures. The issue is that the State of California only allows ONE year from the date of INITIAL incident to sue for medical malpractice. 2. A similar situation can be found in cosmetic surgery as a whole: there is still much stigma felt by people who seek out non trans related cosmetic surgery. I believe a large portion of the lack of information regarding these proceedings are due to the humiliation and shame incurred in such situations, as well as the smaller number of FTMs who seek out these surgeries. 4thWaveNow contributor Worriedmom has practiced civil litigation for many years in federal and state courts. It is helpful to have the case number (also called an index or docket number), although a search can also be performed using the persons name, so those are provided below. But, to have compassion for something you dont understand is incredible. However, plaintiff claims a week after phalloplasty, he suffered numerous complications and needed to undergo multiple revision surgeries to the correct the complications of the procedure. Who would insure him now? Claim-proneness results from a number of factors, including type of specialty, age and sex; however: Compared to physicians with only one previous claim, a physician who has had three previous claims is three times as likely to have another one, said lead author David Studdert, a professor of medicine and law at Stanford. Not sure if you got? And Im also sorry that your community (Im assuming your husband is FTM) let you down on this one. As soon as I pressed him for the surgeon or where he got it done he vanished. These include trauma, congenital conditions and gender confirmation. "The problem I have with going to the doctor is that they are self important and interrupt when the patient is talking. And given the malpractice insurance premiums hes undoubtedly required to pay, he better be making some money at all this. wondering if youd be willing to chat with me further? I am thankful to come across this as I was thinking of having the erectile device and testicular implants with Dr. Crane. Thank you. It takes a courageous group of individuals to tell the world that XX does not always result in a female and XY male. This rubs me the wrong way. He is brutal and refuses to admit you back into the hospital. The only ones he said were some infections which would be fixed up or strictures and fistulas in the urethra. His office accepts new patients. Leadership Insights for the 21st Century Carter v. Crane, CGC-16-554254 was dismissed December 10, 2018. Please let us know when you have your content ready so we can share it. Dr. Crane is one of only a few surgeons in the world who is trained as both a plastic surgeon and urologist and has also completed fellowships in reconstructive urology and gender reassignment surgery. Given that fact, the total financial cost of Ms gender journey is no doubt somewhere north of a million; the personal cost is, of course, incalculable. People who have experienced transgender genital surgery recognize the deficiencies in the field and have called on WPATH to upgrade and change its standards: https://wpathopenletter.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/genital-surgery-open-letter/. dr. Crane practices in California because you are only allowed to sue him one year from initial incident. With fellowship training in transgender surgery and craniofacial surgery, our surgeons have the training and experience to provide superior FFS results. It is indeed strange that, for all their fears about violence and mistreatment, transgender activists do not appear concerned in the slightest about a member of the medical profession who is alleged to have botched multiple surgeries, behaved insensitively (some would say cruelly), and caused medical havoc for many. Dr. Curtis Crane, MD is a board-certified plastic surgeon in Austin, Texas who specializes in Phalloplasty. Shepherd v. Crane, CGC-17-559294, dismissed October 3, 2018. Most important, it appears that Dr. Crane may no longer be performing surgery in the state of California (although his medical license is still current in that state). FTMs need to wake up and realize the only time the news media is interested in them is if the are pregnant men. Please, FTMs, take care of yourselves and look out for each other. In fact each surgery is a trial surgery, its in my opinion experimental at best and should not be performed at all. 4thWaveNow contributor Worriedmom has practiced civil litigation for many years in federal and state courts. Moreover, several of the plaintiffs also allege that Dr. Cranes response, when confronted with complications or distressing symptoms following surgery, was inadequate, unconcerned, and even unfeeling. Excellent investigative journalism, worriedmom. There are no soft-focus interviews, picture books, or product tie-ins. So, these kind of replys hit the internet and it makes the people that are concerned stop being concerned. Apparently not. One more thing. (OB/GYN, surgeon); Michael Safir, M.D. A ninth malpractice case, Hansen v. Crane (CGC-18-571442), brought in November of last year, was also dismissed on January 14, 2019. These stories are absolutely heart-breaking. In my communication with others, they too agreed, that when asked, the complications he listed were said in a very non-chalant way and that they were only simple ones like urethral strictures/fistulas. Jacob is an undeniably cute kid, the entire family is good-looking, relatable, and well-educated, and they certainly seem to care a great deal about Jacob, as well as Jacobs future well-being. I have been doing YouTube videos I think I will go public with it all. Its not clear when Dr. Santucci joined Dr. Cranes practice, but he does not appear to have been part of the earlier Brownstein-Crane incarnation: Not to worry, though: Dr. Safir remains busy in San Francisco. The purpose of medical malpractice is not simply to pay future medical costs that might be uncovered, or otherwise to reimburse expenses that insurance does not. This is a crucial distinction. Doe v. Crane, CGC-17-557327 was dismissed November 8, 2018. The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment for general damages, costs of suit, and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. I wonder how much Crane payed him to air this? How about we actually stop the problem? I agree and Im transgender and Ive had a phalloplasty with Dr. Crane, it should be illegal.That is coming from someone that has had one. Unlike some other surgeries, however, there is a fairly high risk of complications associated . He is negligent and not honest. Before getting into the details, we wondered whether perhaps lawsuits are a common occurrence in practice areas such as this one that involve relatively experimental or new procedures, and a patient base that might tend to have unreasonably high expectations. Try giving a call to an attorney for med mal, they would have to create a baseline for trans surgery because current they dont have any.This surgery needs to have a baseline and procedure in place and they dont. 34 thoughts on " Former phalloplasty patient of Dr. Curtis Crane speaks out " . A lack of reporting on this topic does not automatically equate with a lack of care. This case involves a plaintiff who had already undergone several transgender surgeries who wished to replace an earlier phalloplasty with a new graft that would also include lengthened urethra. So many men experienced the complete opposite and have the body they seek to have. According to the survey, surgeons, such as Dr. Crane, are particularly likely to be sued (85% of them have faced a malpractice suit at some point in their careers). Doe v. Crane, CGC-16-550630 was dismissed April 5, 2017. , the procedure is quite different from phalloplasty, there is a Urology in. 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