Kruger Frederick J DPM

Absolute worst medical experience I’ve EVER had. Dr. Kruger was completely unprofessional, border line inappropriate. After numbing my toe using local anesthetic, he began with the procedure and assured me I wouldn’t feel a thing. From the second he started, I was in SEVERE pain, (worst pain I’ve ever experienced) the anesthetic did not appear to have worked. I told him multiple times that the pain was bad and he kept arguing I was thinking about it too much and that I wasn’t in pain. Insisting I was, he said «you are not in pain, I know you are not feeling pain.» This continued until the pain got so bad I began to hyperventilate and nearly pass out. As a surgeon, it is his job to make sure his patients are comfortable and he failed! While still feeling as if I was going to pass out, having a hard time breathing, sweating profusely, shaking & crying… he left the room and said, see you in two weeks for the follow up. So wrong. Pleaseeee do not subject yourself to this kind of experience! I’m shocked he has any patients at all!

I took my wife to Dr Kruger today for what appeared to be an infection in her toenail bed. He proceeded to cut into the toenail and kept cutting… without offering a shot to numb the pain. He cut to the nail bed, then ripped the rest out. When asked why he didn’t offer to numb the toe before cutting, he responded by saying, I didn’t expect that much puss! He said you are going to hate me today, but tomorrow you will feel much better. True, but there was no need to go down the «hate me today» path. Not a good experience at all!