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I had a Laparoscopic Tubal Ligation. the surgeon had known he poked a whole inside my intestines. He closed it up knowing that there might be a problem. Sent me home. 2 days later I was right back at the ER. I was in the hospital for 5 days not eating or drinking to find out what was going on. The first dr. deferred me to another surgeon to fix his mess up. Well They found 3 infections 1 of them the flesh eating kind. So they irrigated my insides, as well as fixing the first problem. Well my tubal was 3-4-2013. Till this day I'm being ignored about so many questions. Dr.s blowing me off. My own family Dr. said he couldn't do nothing for me. the 2nd surgeon says i should be fine in no pain. Oh yea I have been telling him i have been in pain and am still layered up on the couch. I have nurses that come to my house everyday to take care packing of my wound. As of last week blisters started showing up on my wound. The nurse nor the surgeon has no clue about them. 2 months still in pain.
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Bowel perforation can be caused by neglligence but they also occur in the absence of negligence. If it is a perforation because of negligence, it is because the perforation occurred because the doctor failed to follow the proper procedures and safeguards to avoid this. Because the surgeon is the individual with the best view/perspective on what happened during any given surgery, these cases are very difficult to prove.
The failure to recognize and appropriately treat a perforated bowel, however, is negligence. I can't tell you whether the care you received in response to the perforation was negligence without examining the records.
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Answered on Apr 28th, 2013 at 6:32 PM