Category: surgery

21 MILLION DOLLAR VERDICT – UNNECESSARY BRAIN SURGERY

21 MILLION DOLLAR VERDICT – UNNECESSARY BRAIN SURGERY

Earlier this year a jury awarded $21 million dollars  in a case of unnecessary brain surgery.  It wasn’t supposed to be brain surgery! FACTS – The patient was admitted to a hospital for treatment of a temporomandibular joint problem. She underwent a CT scan of her brain and was told that she required an emergency…

Did LIDOCAINE used in a liposuction procedure cause the death of Florida woman?

A Florida woman died after liposuction procedure.  The death may have been caused by a bad reaction to lidocaine given during the liposuction procedure. Apparently the lidocaine given during the surgery caused her to have a seizure and cardiac arrest, plunging her into a coma that left her brain dead. The thirty-seven year old woman…