Medical malpractice over neglected surgical instrument in patients' abdomen

A transgender patient has successfully sued 2 surgeons for neglecting to remove a surgical instrument from his abdomen after he was sutured up. Upon his initial presentation to emergency after the operation, he experienced nausea, vomiting, and pain similar to a heart attack, but was misdiagnosed with ovarian cysts and gallstones. The doctors were found medically negligent and the patient was compensated.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Boston.com

Related Disease Topics:

• Heart attack
• Ovarian cysts
• Gallstones

Related Symptom Topics:

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Pain

Article Source Details

About: Medical malpractice over neglected surgical instrument in patients' abdomen

Date: 13 January 2005

Source: Boston.com

URL: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/01/13/belmont_resident_gets_280000_medical_malpractice_award/

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of nausea
• Cause of vomiting
• Cause of pain
• Misdiagnosis (type of Medical misadventure)
• Misdiagnosis and vomiting
• Misdiagnosis and nausea
• Misdiagnosis and pain
• Misdiagnosis and heart attack
• Misdiagnosis and ovarian cysts
• Misdiagnosis and gallstones
• Misdiagnosis and surgical instrument
• Misdiagnosis and transgender
• Misdiagnosis and sex change
• Misdiagnosis and postoperative complication
• Medical malpractice
• Medical malpractice and postoperative complication
• Medical malpractice and surgical instrument
• Medical malpractice and transgender
• Medical malpractice and surgery

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