James D Bruckner, MD

I had my left hip replaced by Dr. Bruckner in Sept 2012. Better than new.
I can snow ski, golf and exercise. I have a physically demanding job and I could not
be happier. I was referred by a relative in her 60’s and she had both done and
couldn’t be happier.

After an accident left me with a torn laberal I ended up having the repair done by Bruckner. Before the surgery my pain wasn’t constant and disabling. hell I walked around Italy for three weeks a month before the surgery. Within a month after the surgery it was obvious that something was very wrong. I went into his office numerous times only to be told to take more pain meds. This went on for over two years. He had me do multiple injections which provided little relief. Unable to live the life I wanted and getting no where with this arrogant prick I finally saw another doc. Low and behold not only do I have pretty much no laberal left after the surgery, I have two tears in what is left. The new doc was amazing, no ego, no attempting to fluff his success rate…
This man messed me up more then I was if I never walked through the door. I now have yet another surgery and possibly one more after that if the pain and clicking doesn’t stop. I wish I never trusted him.

I cannot understand when people in healthcare don’t use simply courtesy. I have a labral tear and was referred to Dr. Bruckner by another respected physician. I have called Dr. Bruckner’s office 3 times over the past 4 weeks and no one returned my call. Ever. If the doctor is on sabbatical, if they are not accepting new patients, I could easily accept an explanation of why they would not be able to see me, but no return call. Ever. It’s not only bad business, it’s bad medicine & bad manners.

In 2011 I had both hips operated on by Dr. Brucker to repair labral tears due to FIA. The good news is that he fixed the left side. The bad news is that my right hip aches worse every single day and I have lost significant range of motion in it.
If you like your orthopedic surgeon to get it right half of the time, Bruckner is your guy.

In response to Susan,
I’m very happy that things worked out with you. In my case, the problem was not tat I was too active after surgery, but that he performed the wrong surgeries to begin with. had he looked a little more and listened to what I was telling him, he would have known that my pain was not coming form the labral tears, but from the greater trucantor region and referring all over my hips and low back. Post surgery, when I came in still complaining of pain, and pointed to where it hurt he said «that’s not your hip». Well, that was where I had been pointing all along — but he never listened. Be sure before you go to him and don’t expect any kind of post-​surgery care if things go awry.

There is simply no one better than Dr Bruckner, hands down. And his PA, Shelby Dobbs. I had been through physical therapy for over a year under another doctor with only increasing pain– then I found Dr Bruckner (one of Seattle’s Top Doctors– by the way) and everything changed. They found the issue, suggested surgery and I went for it– I could not be happier. The pain was immediately gone (and this was also a labral tear due to FAI and reshaping of the femoral head). I read up a ton before surgery– to make sure I didn’t mess up their good work. If you move to much and do stuff that isn’t recommended you cannot heal. I imagine that may be what happened to Toad. Proliance is a busy office, but the staff does well, the nurses call back quickly and in an area of the body like the hip where diagnosis can be tricky and you don’t want to over-​remove bone if not needed, I personally know dozens of people who are thrilled with Dr Bruckner’s work.

Still a 1. I had diagnostic surgery with Shane Nho in Chicago 8÷30÷13 to fix Bruckner’s work. My original surgery 9÷24÷12 didn’t have enough bone removed off of the neck of the femur or rim of the acetabulum (hip socket). This caused me to tear my labrum again which required 2 anchors. Also the «tendinitis» Bruckner always said that was bothering me was actually a hole in my hip capsule that needed to be plicated (tightened and closed). This was causing major instability in my hip and a lot of my surrounding soft tissue pain. I already feel great after my surgery 7 weeks post op. I can tell it’s moving so much better. Just dealing with general muscle soreness and tightness. Pleaseeeee seek multiple opinions before choosing any surgeon!