A Melbourne surgeon is facing potential legal action from a former patient three years after an investigation by the medical regulator found he failed to warn her that she may be left with nerve injuries, and failed to obtain informed consent before major surgery on her jaw.
The patient, Jordan*, alleges that in 2018 she had both her temporomandibular joints replaced with the OMX TMJ prosthesis while under the care of Dr George Dimitroulis. The temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, connects the jaw to the skull, with one on each side of the head.
