Gastric Bypass Malpractice Injury Lawsuits
Find Experienced Gastric Bypass Malpractice Lawyers As thousands of obese Americans opt for gastric bypass surgery, a growing collection of research suggests that this increasingly popular operation can have a hidden risk: inexperienced surgeons. Surgeons promote laparoscopic surgery to patients as safer than traditional, more … [Read more...] about Gastric Bypass Malpractice Injury Lawsuits
Surgeons Face Difficulties in Safely Removing IVC Blood-Clot Filters
IVC Blood-Clot Filters Could Not Be Removed Safely. Some patients who have received an IVC (inferior vena cava) blood-clot filter say the filter could not be safely removed. The failed failure was left in place, leaving the patients at risk for serious complications. IVC filters are small, spider-like implantable devices intended … [Read more...] about Surgeons Face Difficulties in Safely Removing IVC Blood-Clot Filters
Sientra Tells US Surgeons to Stop Using Breast Implants
Stop implanting breast implants made by contract manufacturer Silimed. Santa Barbara-based Sientra has told US surgeons to stop implanting breast implants made by contract manufacturer Silimed. Qmed reports that the company has stopped selling the devices in the US after regulators in other countries, including Brazil and the UK, … [Read more...] about Sientra Tells US Surgeons to Stop Using Breast Implants
Surgeons Too Busy to Notify Public of Risks Associated with Medical Devices
Controversy with the DePuy Orthopaedics ASR metal-on-metal hip implant a disturbing trend in healthcare. The ongoing controversy with the DePuy Orthopaedics ASR metal-on-metal hip implant has revealed a disturbing trend in healthcare: who is responsible for sounding an alarm on a potentially defective product and when should they … [Read more...] about Surgeons Too Busy to Notify Public of Risks Associated with Medical Devices
Patients Determine if Medtronic Inc.’s Infuse Bone Graft Product was Used
Infuse Bone Graft Product Injuries. Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm dedicated to protecting the legal rights of victims injured by defective medical devices, is advising patients who have undergone spinal fusion surgeries to contact their surgeons to determine if Medtronic Inc.'s Infuse Bone Graft product (also known as … [Read more...] about Patients Determine if Medtronic Inc.’s Infuse Bone Graft Product was Used
A look inside a tissue processing plant
Industry has fallen under a cloud after a New Jersey company was accused of taking body parts without families' consent. accumulation This nonprofit tissue processor, located in a nondescript office park near San Francisco, makes about 300 products surgeons use to fix torn knee ligaments, bad backs, burned skin and a host of other … [Read more...] about A look inside a tissue processing plant
Hospital Had Data Before Transplant Error
Duke Hospital Transplant Error. Duke University Hospital surgeons declined a heart and lungs offered for transplant in two cases before one doctor requested them , but for a teenager with the wrong blood type, two organ-procurement agencies said. The girl's surgeons may also have committed themselves to the transplant … [Read more...] about Hospital Had Data Before Transplant Error
Items Left In Patients Due To Emergencies
Negligence By Surgeons During Emergencies. Surgical instruments left in patients during surgery often are attributed to negligence by surgeons, but a study released Wednesday concludes the major causes are unplanned, emergency operations and obese patients. “The problem is presumed by courts and also by the public to be due to … [Read more...] about Items Left In Patients Due To Emergencies
