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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 63-year-old woman underwent gastric bypass surgery at a Beaver County hospital, and a few days later she experienced a perforated/leaking colon, which was not discovered by her doctor. She went on to develop peritonitis and died. A wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against the medical center and the surgeon on behalf of… read more
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A 49-year-old man from Penn Hills went into a Pittsburgh hospital for lumbar disk surgery, and somehow the wrong disk was removed. He had to undergo two additional surgeries and as a result of those extra operations, he suffered nerve damage, which left him with chronic pain in his back and abdomen as well as… read more
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A 52-year-old woman from Altoona suffered a deep venous thrombosis (DVT) as a result of an injury to her common iliac vein, which occurred while she was undergoing surgery for an anterior spine fusion. As a result of the DVT, blood supply to the lower leg was disrupted and ultimately led to the amputation of her… read more
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An elderly woman from Pittsburgh’s North Hills suffered an injury to her ureter while undergoing a cystoscopy for the treatment of a kidney stone. The injury to the ureter led to a very prolonged hospitalization and three additional surgeries. With the help of an independent urology expert, we filed a medical malpractice claim and were able to… read more
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A 73-year-old woman from Jefferson, PA, died as a result of bleeding that occurred when she suffered a tear in her subclavian vein as a surgeon attempted to place a catheter in that vein. We filed a medical malpractice claim against the surgeon for causing the tear, and also against the hospital nurses for not discovering… read more
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An elderly woman from Pittsburgh suffered complete loss of vision in her left eye as a result of an injury she sustained during a lens implant surgery. We filed a medical malpractice action against the ophthalmologist who performed the surgery and were able to prove with the assistance of independent consultants that the second surgery led to… read more
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A retired man from Erie died from excessive bleeding around the heart following a heart valve replacement surgery. The collection of blood around the heart is referred to as a pericardial effusion, which, if not drained soon enough, will apply pressure on the outside of the heart and eventually stop it from beating. We filed… read more
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A newborn baby at a local hospital had an umbilical artery catheter in place to monitor blood pressure and to provide a port of entry for medications and fluids. When it came time to remove the catheter, it was improperly cut and stayed inside the child’s body where it caused blood clots, which led to… read more
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A housewife from Blair County had a drainage tube placed in her chest (The medical term for the procedure is a “thoracoscopy.”) in order to drain fluid that had collected around her lung. Unfortunately, the doctor placed the tube in the wrong location and he lacerated the spleen. The woman had to undergo emergency surgery… read more
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