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John Gaudio, Appellant, v David Gonzalez et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.
    [985 NYS2d 516]
   Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered July 20, 2012, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendants-respondents’ cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendants made a prima facie showing of their entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting medical records and the affirmations of two experts (see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 325 [1986]). Based upon their review of medical records and diagnostic films, defendants’ experts concluded that defendant Dr. David Gonzalez’s treatment of plaintiffs right tibia/fibula fracture was within the standard of care. Further, the experts attributed plaintiff’s injuries to the nature of his fractures, his comorbidities, his noncompliance with directions to avoid bearing weight on the leg, and/or an intervening trauma.

In opposition, plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact. His expert’s conclusory opinion was made without reference to any diagnostic or clinical findings, failed to explain how earlier use of electrical stimulation, which the expert conceded had no appreciable effect on plaintiff, could have contributed to the alleged injuries, and failed to controvert, let alone address, the defense experts’ claims (see Abalola v Flower Hosp., 44 AD3d 522, 522 [1st Dept 2007]; Margolese v Uribe, 238 AD2d 164, 166-167 [1st Dept 1997]).

We have considered plaintiffs remaining arguments and find them unavailing.

Concur — Saxe, J.E, Moskowitz, Freedman, Gische and Kapnick, JJ.