tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post5158317360084960142..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: Oopsy-daisiesJeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-5662385135184468292009-04-29T11:32:00.000-04:002009-04-29T11:32:00.000-04:00About 2 years ago I did an appendectomy on someone...About 2 years ago I did an appendectomy on someone who had reportedly had their appendix out 50 years ago. Still had an appendix and he did get appendicitis. He was furious, as you might imagine. <br /><br />BTW, he had a huge incision from his appendectomy 50 years ago.Kellienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-49851915819846157042009-04-25T21:19:00.000-04:002009-04-25T21:19:00.000-04:00C'mon Buckeye,
Have YOU ever left a ho...C'mon Buckeye,<br /> Have YOU ever left a hot Appy inside one of your patients???<br /><br />This is Mal-practice with a capitol Mal...<br /><br />Guy should have just said he was doing an "Appendix Sparing Appendectomy"...<br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-79972050852904072042009-04-24T09:37:00.000-04:002009-04-24T09:37:00.000-04:00Malpractice? If the patient had died from sepsis ...Malpractice? If the patient had died from sepsis due to delayed treatment of appendicitis, I think there's probably a case...Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-55248784218968768632009-04-24T09:00:00.000-04:002009-04-24T09:00:00.000-04:00If this patient had died, would it be considered m...If this patient had died, would it be considered malpractice? Or would it be considered a complication of the disease process?The Happy Hospitalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392872203166584371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-22622756815864037972009-04-23T17:08:00.000-04:002009-04-23T17:08:00.000-04:00Colleage of mine in the Navy did the same thing wi...Colleage of mine in the Navy did the same thing with vasectomies...kept wondering why the sperm count came back in the millions...He doesn't do Vasectomies any more...<br /><br />He's a Cardiac Surgeon <br />Not in the NavyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-86215996697930033222009-04-23T15:16:00.000-04:002009-04-23T15:16:00.000-04:00Yowza. I am not surprised that the surgeon no long...Yowza. I am not surprised that the surgeon no longer works there. <br /><br />I AM surprised that the patient went back to the same hospital, and to the same surgeon though...I would think they would do a double-take on that information and go to someone else for the "real" procedure. :)OHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03856294075428012923noreply@blogger.com