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Archive > March, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 3

Medical Malpractice Quiz

Elderly Patient Goes Up in Flames

Lorne B. Sheren, MD, Esq.

A 78-year-old man is scheduled to undergo elective cataract extraction with intraocular lens placement and excision of an eyelid papilloma in a one-room freestanding ophthalmologic surgery center. He is in excellent medical condition, regularly followed by his internist and is on no medications. He's a retired engineer, an avid snow skier and bicyclist, and a licensed private pilot.

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