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Would this be considered a surgical error on my obgyn part?
Asked on Nov 24th, 2013 on Personal Injury - Idaho
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My obgyn performed a robotic laparoscopic procedure to cut adhesions and remove my right ovary. I was told that my ovary was stuck to my small intestine and bladder. The procedure was to be out patient but I remained in the hospital for 5 days due to complications. A week later, I was admitted through the emergency room and told that I had twisted bowel and acute renal failure. I had to undergo an additional surgery.
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Ronald A. Steinberg
Not necessarily a medical mistake. Within a woman's abdomen are a lot of structures; they are somewhat crammed in there. Then, as a result of menstrual periods, adhesion can form. They coat the structures in the abdomen, sometimes making it almost impossible to get a clear visual field. As a result, it is not necessarily malpractice if other structures get nicked or damaged when abdominal surgery is performed on a woman. You need a competent expert to testify for you.
Answered on Nov 27th, 2013 at 11:46 PM
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Perhaps, if another doctor states there was an error causing the problems. The reality is that in medicine there are no real guarantees and commonly complications.
Answered on Nov 26th, 2013 at 3:58 PM
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There is not enough information provided to answer the question. Also, this is a medical question and not a legal question. If you suspect an error, or malpractice, normally you need to find an attorney willing to obtain all of your medical records that are related to this and send them to a doctor or group of doctors for an opinion as to whether medical negligence caused the problems you described.
Answered on Nov 26th, 2013 at 3:18 PM
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Entirely a medical question not legal. Adhesions are bears. Cause a lot of problems and it may have nothing to do with the drs ability or performance bowel adhesions are devils to deal with.
Answered on Nov 26th, 2013 at 3:18 PM
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Impossible to say on the info provided, but perhaps this should be looked into further: "Complications" can occur no matter what, sometimes they are the result of malpractice, other times, not. As to the twisted bowel and renal failure, you would need to have another OB/GYN review your records and tell you that your original dr. failed to follow accepted procedure and that the failure caused those other problems.
Answered on Nov 26th, 2013 at 3:17 PM
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Dealing with adhesion is fraught with risk. A bad result is not necessarily evidence of negligence or failure to meet the standard of care. Therefore, the only way that you can know for certain that you have a legitimate claim for malpractice is to hire an expert in the same specialty as your surgeon to look over the pre-op reports and the medial records relating to the initial surgery and the follow up surgery. Normally, if another surgeon does the repair work, he will not want to implicate his fellow surgeon and will carefully avoid getting into the issue with you. This is one area where you really need to contact an attorney who specializes in medical negligence cases before you go any further.
Answered on Nov 26th, 2013 at 3:17 PM
James Eugene Hasser
Whether or not that is malpractice is a matter for a medical expert opinion. Medical malpractice lawyers typically have such experts available. Consider consulting one. Good luck.
Answered on Nov 26th, 2013 at 3:17 PM
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You need to talk with a local medical malpractice attorney. It may nor may not be, but the local attorney will have a better idea of what is malpractice in your area and what you need to do to prove it.
Answered on Nov 26th, 2013 at 3:16 PM