Medical Malpractice Blog

Recent, reputable study supports the use of virtual colonoscopy as a primary screening tool A recent study in the October 4, 2007 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine reported that non-invasive or computed tomographic colonography (CTC – or virtual colonoscopy) was just as effective as invasive colonoscopy (OC -optical colonoscopy) in screening for
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Currently, I am handling the case of a young woman who underwent gastric bypass surgery and developed a Petersen’s hernia, i.e., a hernia of the small intestine into the mesentery. The hernia required emergent surgical repair, but the repair was alleged to have been done incorrectly, resulting in additional surgeries, extensive loss of bowel and
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MRI Evaluation Increased Detection of Cancer in Opposite Breast On March 29, 2007, an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested that, in patients being treated for unilateral breast cancer, MRI screening of the opposite breast led to an increased detection of cancer in the opposite breast. This study received a lot
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Appellate Division Rules that “Anderson v. Somberg” Applies On March 12, 2007 the Appellate Division decided the case of Gronostajski v. Sabin, et al., confirming that the principles of Anderson v. Somberg would apply even in a emergent “Code” situation. In Anderson, the patient was having back surgery, and, during the operation, a piece of
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Oral Surgery Case Involving Removal of Wisdom Teeth In Harris v. Hecht, decided on January 23, 2007, a dental patient’s malpractice verdict was allowed to stand following an appeal by the doctor. Mr. Harris had undergone surgery to remove his lower wisdom teeth. Prior to the surgery, he was shown a 12 minute videotape entitled
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