I developed compartment syndrome during my surgery here. Once the hospital realized it -instead of taking responcibility and possibly losing some standing in the community-they covered it up, told the nurses to be quiet, ignored physical therapy when they said they couldn't walk me because there was something extremely wrong. Not once during 5 days did the nurses or DRs try to release any pressure from my legs. I suffered nerve damage, muscle damage, muscle hernia, scar tissue around both thighs where the ted hose/compression devices were in place. It takes alot of pressure/tightness to cause these kinds of scars. I have had to have a neurostimulator placed to reduce the unbarable 24hr/round the clock nerve pain. This involved another back surgery with 12 staples, an abdominal incision with 18 staples where a battery could be placed and 20 inches of wire ran between the 2. I can no longer hike-walk uphill or downhill, canoe, kayak, bike, or have sex without extreme pain and having to stop. By the way-I was only 38 when this happened. I now have to have a constant 60 mg morphine in my system to even put weight on my legs. I also need 3600 mg of neurontin this is more than triple of what most diabetics with neuropathy use. I take 60 mg cymbalta, 40 mg vicodin and 10-20mg of ambien to help me sleep at night. The pressure from the bed when I am sleeping is excruciating. I have pillows under my hips and thighs. I just bought a new therapeutic mattress but it doesn't help much. The hospital administrator told me to get over it-The Dr said it would go away. The year sueing limitation has went by so it has only went away from them. I am still living with the consequences and will till the day that I die. This is the worst pain I have ever had (the 3 natural child births don't come close)To cover their butts and make sure it doesn't happen again the hospital had all of the surgical nurses take a workshop on compartment syndrome- the nurse supervisor told me "we had to take it because of what happened to you". The administrator denies this but think about it. If you are confident in your staff and you feel they are competent at what they are doing, why mandate an entire floor of nurses take the same workshop? Because you know they are not! Feel free to contact me for more information at c1969coooper@yahoo.com