March 31, 2009

Woman Claims Unwanted Facelift and Liposuction

A state medical board filed accusations of gross negligence and incompetence against two surgeons for surgical error. A patient claims one of the surgeons performed unwanted medical procedures of a facelift and liposuction on her when she only agreed to a tummy tuck. The doctor is also accused of medical unprofessionalism by borrowing a large sum of money from the woman and forcibly kissing her. A second patient claimed this same doctor negligently failed to remove her breast implant during surgery which resulted in hospital admittance.

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December 26, 2008

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit claims Doctor's operation surgical error

A woman has sued a physician due to a surgical error that occurred when the woman underwent a breast reduction surgery. The doctor’s mistake was alleged to have resulted in the woman undergoing a surgery where the wrong breast was reduced in size. This can be described as an uncommon cosmetic surgery error. The doctor’s surgical error resulted in emotional damage to the woman and the need for her to have to undergo another surgery to correct the bad operation done to her. The medical malpractice lawsuit claims that despite consulting with the physician before the surgery, the surgery resulted in a breast reduction error. The woman underwent the surgery to reduce chronic pain that caused her back pain and shoulder pain, however after the surgery mistake the woman continues to suffer physically and emotionally. To read the full story click here.

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August 25, 2008

Popular Pharmaceutical Botox Results in Personal Injuries and Product Liability Lawsuits

Personal injury lawsuits have resulted after many consumers claim they have been injured due to the use of a medical product known as botox. The company that produces the medical product, Allergan, claims that the medical product is safe and that the product liability and medical liability lawsuits are unfounded. The FDA and the U.S. Department of Justice have been continuously monitoring the makers of the product which some consumers claim to be a product that is negligently manufactured. As of now product liability and pharmaceutical liability lawsuits continue. It is possible that some doctors may also come under scrutiny for prescribing the pharmaceutical product. To read more about this popular wrinkle-free quick fix that has caused many lawsuits to be filed click here.

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Posted In: Cosmetic Surgery Errors, Pharmaceuticals, Professional Malpractice

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April 14, 2008

Family members of teen who died after breast surgery speak out

No one knew that the 18 year-old had a rare, genetic condition that cause a fatal reaction to the anesthesia when she decided to have plastic surgery and chose a surgeon to correct a congenital defect that left her with asymmetrical breasts and inverted nipples. Everything seemed very routine and nobody thought there would be risk involved. The condition that the family believes killed the 18 year-old is an extremely rare genetic disorder that causes a reaction to common types of anesthesia. The reaction is called malignant hyperthermia – it causes the patient’s temperature to spike to 110 degrees or higher. Salts precipitate out of the blood and organs collapse, leading to death.

More adequate care could have prevented this reaction because there is an antidote called Dantrolene that can reverse the effects of malignant hyperthermia. If administered in proper dosages in a timely fashion, the effects can be successfully reversed. However, according to the medical malpractice lawsuit attorney, the anesthesiologist administered only one dose when at least eight were required.

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Posted In: Anesthesia Injury, Surgical Error, Cosmetic Surgery Errors

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November 25, 2007

Donda West’s doctor had troubled history

Kanye West’s mother, Donda West, died after two cosmetic surgery procedures performed by a California doctor. While Kanye West and his family mourn the death of his mother, Donda West, a lot of attention is focusing on the reputation of Donda West’s doctor who performed the operation. The Medical Board of California is investigating whether the doctor’s license should be revoked or suspended. The doctor had been arrested twice in the last four years for alcohol-related offenses. Additionally, the doctor paid two former patients a total of $467,337 in two medical malpractice lawsuit settlements in 2001.

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May 30, 2007

Amputee awarded $30,000,000

A woman whose feet and fingers were amputated as the result of complications with her tummy-tuck surgery was awarded $30,000,000 by a jury in the personal injury lawsuit. The woman had the tummy-tuck to correct muscle damage due to three caesarean sections, and 20 days later blood and fluid began collecting in her wound, causing her extremities to turn blue. The emergency room “spent too little time treating [the woman] and left the hospital at one point to change his pants.” The hospital staff also failed to administer and analyze tests in a timely fashion. The woman’s feet and fingers were ultimately amputated as a result of medical malpractice and gross negligence.

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Posted In: Emergency Rooms, Failure to Monitor Change in Condition, Surgical Error, Cosmetic Surgery Errors

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Hospital anesthesiologists negligent in multiple cosmetic surgeries, causing three deaths

A hospital and attending anesthesiologists have recently settled a malpractice lawsuit regarding gross negligence during a face-lift procedure for $3.1 million dollars. A 56 year-old-woman died of cardiac failure caused by an overdose of local anesthetic. Alarms that monitored the woman’s blood oxygen “were turned down so that they were inaudible”. That same year, author Olivia Goldsmith died during cosmetic surgery at that hospital as a result of medical malpractice. Another woman suffered brain damage after a face-lift and settled for $7 million.

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