Sadly, when a law firm settles a medical malpractice case, it means someone was injured.
Our office was hired in the following case in the last year. We are delighted for the successful resolution for our client, but saddened for her injury. Although this case is not typical, nor a guarantee that your case will have the same outcome, let us know if we can help you.
Emergency room error leads to above the knee amputation
A mother and wife, in her 60's, went to the emergency room complaining of pain in her right leg and right knee. Plaintiff advised the defendant physician of her history of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, diabetes, hypertension, hypokalemia, asthma, Greenfield filter placement, right knee replacement surgery, among other medical conditions and surgical history. Most significantly, the patient was taking coumadin and had an INR of 5.0 in the ED. Despite her signs and symptoms, she was diagnosed as having joint effusion and sent home on pain killers.
48 hours later, she returned to the ED with numbness and excruciating pain in her right knee and calf. Plaintiff described the pain as throbbing and on a scale of 10, rated the pain a 10. A surgical consult revealed the patient lacked sensation in her foot, non-dopplerable dorsalis pedis pulse and was unable to dorsiflex or plantarflex her right foot. Because so much muscle and soft tissue had died because of the delay in diagnosis, patient had to undergo an above the knee amputation.
Case settled for $890,000.
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Showing posts with label medical malpractice. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
VIRGINIA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SETTLEMENTS / VERDICTS
Sadly, when a law firm settles a medical malpractice case, it means someone was injured.
Our office was hired in the following case in the last year. We are delighted for the successful resolution for our client, but saddened for her injury. Although this case is not typical, nor a guarantee that your case will have the same outcome, let us know if we can help you.
Emergency room error leads to above the knee amputation
A mother and wife, in her 60's, went to the emergency room complaining of pain in her right leg and right knee. Plaintiff advised the defendant physician of her history of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, diabetes, hypertension, hypokalemia, asthma, Greenfield filter placement, right knee replacement surgery, among other medical conditions and surgical history. Most significantly, the patient was taking coumadin and had an INR of 5.0 in the ED. Despite her signs and symptoms, she was diagnosed as having joint effusion and sent home on pain killers.
48 hours later, she returned to the ED with numbness and excruciating pain in her right knee and calf. Plaintiff described the pain as throbbing and on a scale of 10, rated the pain a 10. A surgical consult revealed the patient lacked sensation in her foot, non-dopplerable dorsalis pedis pulse and was unable to dorsiflex or plantarflex her right foot. Because so much muscle and soft tissue had died because of the delay in diagnosis, patient had to undergo an above the knee amputation.
Case settled for $890,000.
Our office was hired in the following case in the last year. We are delighted for the successful resolution for our client, but saddened for her injury. Although this case is not typical, nor a guarantee that your case will have the same outcome, let us know if we can help you.
Emergency room error leads to above the knee amputation
A mother and wife, in her 60's, went to the emergency room complaining of pain in her right leg and right knee. Plaintiff advised the defendant physician of her history of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, diabetes, hypertension, hypokalemia, asthma, Greenfield filter placement, right knee replacement surgery, among other medical conditions and surgical history. Most significantly, the patient was taking coumadin and had an INR of 5.0 in the ED. Despite her signs and symptoms, she was diagnosed as having joint effusion and sent home on pain killers.
48 hours later, she returned to the ED with numbness and excruciating pain in her right knee and calf. Plaintiff described the pain as throbbing and on a scale of 10, rated the pain a 10. A surgical consult revealed the patient lacked sensation in her foot, non-dopplerable dorsalis pedis pulse and was unable to dorsiflex or plantarflex her right foot. Because so much muscle and soft tissue had died because of the delay in diagnosis, patient had to undergo an above the knee amputation.
Case settled for $890,000.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
SPINE SURGEONS + MEDICAL HARDWARE = BIG MONEY!
The Wall Street Journal ran a great article on December 20 titled, "Top Spine Surgeons Reap Royalities, Medicare Bounty." The article is written by one of the WSJ's top journalist covering health care issues, John Carreyrou.
The article starts off telling us about Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. What could be of much interest at this little hospital in a mid-sized American city? The answer is " a lot" or more precisely, "a lot of money."
You see, this hospital has five spine surgeons with staff privileges. These 5 surgeons, between 2004 and 2008, performed the third highest number of spine surgeries on Medicare patients in the entire United States. Of additional interest is the fact these 5 surgeons received more than $7 million during the first 9 months of 2010 from the manufacturer (Medtronic) of the hardware used during these procedures.
Why did Medtronic pay 5 doctors over $7 million during the first 9 months of 2010? Damn good question and here is my answer: Medtronic paid these doctors obscene amounts of money so they would continue to perform spine fusion surgeries at an alarmingly high rate and use it's medical hardware for each of those surgeries.
How can this be good medicine?
The article starts off telling us about Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. What could be of much interest at this little hospital in a mid-sized American city? The answer is " a lot" or more precisely, "a lot of money."
You see, this hospital has five spine surgeons with staff privileges. These 5 surgeons, between 2004 and 2008, performed the third highest number of spine surgeries on Medicare patients in the entire United States. Of additional interest is the fact these 5 surgeons received more than $7 million during the first 9 months of 2010 from the manufacturer (Medtronic) of the hardware used during these procedures.
Why did Medtronic pay 5 doctors over $7 million during the first 9 months of 2010? Damn good question and here is my answer: Medtronic paid these doctors obscene amounts of money so they would continue to perform spine fusion surgeries at an alarmingly high rate and use it's medical hardware for each of those surgeries.
How can this be good medicine?
SPINE SURGEONS + MEDICAL HARDWARE = BIG MONEY!
The Wall Street Journal ran a great article on December 20 titled, "Top Spine Surgeons Reap Royalities, Medicare Bounty." The article is written by one of the WSJ's top journalist covering health care issues, John Carreyrou.
The article starts off telling us about Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. What could be of much interest at this little hospital in a mid-sized American city? The answer is " a lot" or more precisely, "a lot of money."
You see, this hospital has five spine surgeons with staff privileges. These 5 surgeons, between 2004 and 2008, performed the third highest number of spine surgeries on Medicare patients in the entire United States. Of additional interest is the fact these 5 surgeons received more than $7 million during the first 9 months of 2010 from the manufacturer (Medtronic) of the hardware used during these procedures.
Why did Medtronic pay 5 doctors over $7 million during the first 9 months of 2010? Damn good question and here is my answer: Medtronic paid these doctors obscene amounts of money so they would continue to perform spine fusion surgeries at an alarmingly high rate and use it's medical hardware for each of those surgeries.
How can this be good medicine?
The article starts off telling us about Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. What could be of much interest at this little hospital in a mid-sized American city? The answer is " a lot" or more precisely, "a lot of money."
You see, this hospital has five spine surgeons with staff privileges. These 5 surgeons, between 2004 and 2008, performed the third highest number of spine surgeries on Medicare patients in the entire United States. Of additional interest is the fact these 5 surgeons received more than $7 million during the first 9 months of 2010 from the manufacturer (Medtronic) of the hardware used during these procedures.
Why did Medtronic pay 5 doctors over $7 million during the first 9 months of 2010? Damn good question and here is my answer: Medtronic paid these doctors obscene amounts of money so they would continue to perform spine fusion surgeries at an alarmingly high rate and use it's medical hardware for each of those surgeries.
How can this be good medicine?
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