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Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Hospitalizes 6 in N.J.

New Jersey medical authorities are investigating the incidence of and issuing alerts on unlicensed cosmetic surgery providers after 6 women suffered...

Rotator Cuff Repair Restores Strength, Not Function

Rotator cuff surgery may restore a patient's normal shoulder strength, but mobility issues persist in the repaired joint, according to researchers a...

Do Patients Expect Too Much From Joint Replacement?

Even with a thorough pre-op education program, more than two-thirds of joint replacement patients don't share the expectations that their surgeons d...

Archive > June, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 6
Medical Malpractice Quiz
Missed Bleed, Lost Life
Sharon K. Smith, RN, JD, and Tyler J. Smith, JD

This is no ordinary case for us, as it involves Sharon's 72-year-old grandmother, who is no longer with us. She presented to a hospital with complaints of abdominal pain and jaundice persisting for three days. She had a history of mild hypertension, drug-induced lupus and a partial hysterectomy for fibroids. She was admitted to rule out gallstones. After a failed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography due to encountering a severe stricture, the plan was to proceed with a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and to place a catheter to drain the bile.

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