Dr. Fiedler was my first surgeon to perform surgery on my Haglins (sp?])deformity. (Achilles tendon) I was in much more pain after surgery than before. For 6 months, I went to him telling him my problems. He finally admitted he had no idea what was wrong with me and also admitted he never checked with any colleagues or books about it. I went to another doctor who, after looking at my second MRI (which Dr. Fidler refused to give me) knew exactly what was wrong. Fidler had done an incomplete job on the surgery. So, I had to have the surgery all over again with a longer recovery period because a second surgery in the same place takes longer to heal. That is a month with no walking at all, another month in a boot and another 6 weeks of PT. The second doctor did a wonderful job and things are pretty good now. However, 2 surgeries in one area does not allow for a 100% recovery. I would not recommend this doctor!