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Heart bypass surgery is one of the best-known advances in surgical care of the last several decades. For many patients with coronary artery disease, it provides a new least on life, but it is a complicated surgery that carries with it many risks. In this case, our client’s heart bypass surgery was “successful” in the… read more
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A young man from McKeesport was undergoing laparoscopic knee surgery at a Pittsburgh hospital. When he woke up from the surgery, part of his right hand was paralyzed. We filed a claim arguing that the anesthesia staff had not properly positioned the man’s arm and hand during the surgery and, as a result, permanent nerve… read more
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A 71-year-old retired coal miner from Uniontown died while undergoing hernia surgery at the hospital due to problems with his breathing. We filed a medical malpractice claim against the surgeon and anesthesiologist on the ground that they should have been aware that this man had breathing problems, including black lung disease, prior to going into surgery, and,… read more
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A legal secretary from Pittsburgh was undergoing a minor procedure on her nose at a local Pittsburgh hospital. Shortly after the procedure, she had a cardiac arrest. Fortunately, she did not suffer any permanent heart damage, but she was off work for a matter of months. Our attorneys filed a medical malpractice action against the… read more
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A disabled coal miner from Fayette County went to a Pittsburgh hospital to have rotator cuff surgery. During the surgery, problems developed with his breathing and he ended up dying. We filed a claim against the hospital and the anesthesiologist on the grounds that the man was known to have prior breathing problems, and that… read more
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A teenage girl from Pittsburgh with scoliosis underwent surgery to correct her spine. During the surgery, some misplaced surgical screws caused injury to the spinal cord, which led to a significant drop in the patient’s blood pressure during the operation. In addition to the surgery, the problem was compounded because the anesthesia team monitoring the patient… read more
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A 51-year-old woman who lived in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh and was married to a local doctor underwent gastric bypass surgery. After being discharged to her home, she return to the hospital a few days later because of a bowel obstruction. While undergoing surgery to treat the bowel obstruction, the anesthesiologist did not properly… read more
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A young married woman from Pittsburgh was in the recovery room of a Pittsburgh hospital after undergoing a minor surgery. The nurses who were responsible for watching her failed to notice that she was not coming out of anesthesia and her breathing rate was becoming slower and slower until the point that she suffered a… read more
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Anesthesia Error Caused Wrongful Death after Kidney Surgery Recovery for the family of an Armstrong County man who died at a UPMC hospital after a “successful” kidney transplant surgery. Although the transplant went well, the patient’s anesthesia and fluid intake was not properly controlled during the surgery and, as a result, his lungs were overcome with fluid, and… read more
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A husband and father from western Pennsylvania was undergoing a kidney transplant at a Pittsburgh hospital with an organ donated by his wife. During his surgery, the anesthesia team provided the patient with far too much fluid and slowly, over time this “fluid overload” caused the patient’s lungs to stop working. As a result, he… read more
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