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Archive > December, 2010 Vol. XI, No. 12

Medical Malpractice

Was the Intubation Too Forceful? Says Who?

Kent Steinriede, Associate Editor

In March 2004, Jean Hensley arrived at Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, Tenn., for surgery to remove an intrathoracic goiter. The anesthesiologist, Robert Cerza, MD, planned to use a 12mm double-lumen tube to deflate a lung to make more room in the chest cavity during surgery.

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