Why hospitals keep physicians and providers with lots of bad outcomes
Two factors may incentivize retention over patient safety
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Surgery
Houston hospital discharges man with post-operative internal bleeding
Internal bleeding can lead to infection and sepsis
When you should consider getting a medical or surgical second opinion
High-pressure tactics should raise a red flag
How to avoid unnecessary spine surgery
Tens of thousands of spine surgeries that patients don't need are done every year
$17.5 million to plaintiffs in femoral nerve malpractice case
Surgeon allegedly damaged femoral nerve during surgery to remove hernia mesh
Plastic surgery complication kills country music singer's wife
Hank Williams, Jr.'s wife died from a pneumothorax caused caused by surgery
Man falls off operating room table at Methodist The Woodlands
Medical malpractice lawsuit claims patient developed concussion, traumatic brain injury
Man ends up with anoxic brain injury after facet injections to relief lumbar back pain
Lawsuit alleges excessive anesthesia was used with inadequate monitoring
Peer-reviewed study: 5-10% of patients develop neurologic injuries after bariatric surgery
Weight loss surgeries help many patients achieve a healthy lifestyle, but good follow-up care is a must