Surgical retractor moves during brain surgery, causes devastating brainstem injury
Appellate court addresses what expert reports must say when it's unclear who was responsible
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Surgery
San Antonio lawsuit: Pulmonologist discharged post-surgical patient with unrepaired cut artery, bleed-out risk
Medical malpractice wrongful death claim filed after complication during tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy surgery
The patient risks of concurrent or overlapping surgeries
Prominent surgeon sanctioned for sleeping in car during surgery
When is thoracentesis an emergency procedure?
When thoracentesis isn't enough, needle decompression or chest tube placement may be used in emergencies
What happens in the operating room after a patient is put to sleep?
The individuals handling anesthesia or performing surgery might surprise you
U.S. government joins civil lawsuit over hospital and surgeon's operating room safety issues
False Claims Act lawsuit alleges pattern of major patient safety breaches
Retained surgical sponges and medical malpractice
Operating room personnel, radiologists may be at fault
Closed claims show common allegations of neurosurgical medical malpractice
Poor surgical technique tops the list
The risks of Texas plastic/cosmetic surgery tourism
Complications are more difficult to handle remotely
Should physician assistants handle spinal surgery consults
Trauma surgeon orders consult for paraplegia, PA responds to see patient instead of spine surgeon