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Malpractice Medical Lasik Laser Eye Surgery 3


www.PreOp.com Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company Patient ED @ 617-379-1582 INFO When the operative field is numb, the doctor will use an automated microsurgical instrument called a microkeratome.Malpractice Medical This tiny instrument will carefully create a thin corneal flap … which remains hinged to the eye. Underneath this flap the inner layer of the cornea, called the stroma, is exposed. Next, your doctor will use a computer to control pulses of cool laser light. These pulses will delicately remove microscopically thin layers of cells from the stroma, Malpractice Medical By removing tissue in this manner, your doctor will tailor the new shape of your cornea according to the exact nature of your vision problem. The entire procedure usually takes about 5 minutes and is painless. The corneal flap is then closed and the surface is rinsed. Following surgery, you’ll be given protective contact lenses to wear for a few days while the corneal flap heals. Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company

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Malpractice Medical Cystoscopy Male Surgery 1


www.PreOp.com Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company Patient ED @ 617-379-1582 INFO Your doctor has recommended that you undergo a Cystoscopy. But what does that actually mean? The lower urinary tract allows your body to store and release urine. It’s made up of two parts, the bladder and the urethra. Medical Malpractice Your bladder is a hollow organ that expands as it fills with urine. Because it is made of muscular tissue, it can also contract and force urine to pass out of the body, through the urethra. Your urethra carries urine from the bladder all the way through the opening in the penis. Medical Malpractice Your doctor feels that it is necessary to examine the interior of the urethra and bladder, to try to determine the cause of a problem that you may be having. Symptoms that may call for a routine Cystoscopy include * Persistent infection of the urinary tract * Bladder stones * Bleeding while urinating * Irritation due to polyps, or * Changes to the bladder caused by cancer. Medical Malpractice Cystoscopy is a simple procedure during which your doctor will insert a well-lubricated, instrument called a cystoscope through your urethra and into your bladder. The cystoscope allows your doctor to visually inspect the interior of your bladder. It also allows your doctor to remove small pieces of tissue for later examination and even to crush small bladder stones, should any be present. Medical Malpractice Any tissue that your doctor removes from your bladder

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What is considered to be malpractice in breast reduction surgery?


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    Malpractice Medical Permanent Pacemaker Implant Surgery* 3


    www.PreOp.com Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company Then the surgeon will make a small skin incision in the upper chest, just below the collarbone. A pocket is then created between the skin and the tissue that covers the chest muscle. Next, the team will use instruments called retractors to hold back the skin and underlying tissue. They’ll locate a large blood vessel called the subclavian vein. Using a special needle and syringe, your doctor will puncture the wall of the vein. A thin guide wire is then inserted through the needle and into the vein. Your doctor gently pushes the wire until it reaches the heart. Medical Malpractice Using an instrument called a fluoroscope the surgical team is able to see the wire’s progress through the vein and into the beating heart. Once the wire is in place, the needle is removed and a catheter – or hollow tube – is passed over the guide wire and into the heart. One or two leads are then passed through the catheter. When the lead or leads are in their proper position, the catheter is removed. Medical Malpractice Finally, the lead is connected to the pacemaker, the pacemaker is inserted into the pocket below the collar bone and the incision is closed. Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company

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    Malpractice Medical Stent Implantation Coronary Angioplasty Surgery 3


    www.PreOp.com Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company Patient ED @ 617-379-1582 INFO Then the doctor will make a small cut over the femoral artery in the upper part of the leg. A special needle is then inserted into the artery itself. Then a guide wire is carefully passed through the needle and gently pushed into the artery and upwards towards your chest. A narrow tube, called a catheter is threaded along the wire until it too has reached the coronary artery Next, the doctor uses the catheter to inject a dye into the artery itself. The die shows up on a TV monitor and is used to pinpoint the exact location of the blocked area. Once the restricted area has been identified, a thin wire is inserted into the catheter, and is guided all the way to the blocked area and then slightly beyond. This wire acts as guide for the balloon catheter. It allows your doctor to position the deflated balloon precisely in the middle of the narrowest part of the coronary artery. The balloon is briefly inflated. As it expands, it squeezes the plaque deposits against the wall of the artery. It also stretches the artery wall and enlarges the channel through which blood flows. Your doctor will continue to inflate and deflate the balloon until normal blood flow has been restored. The balloon catheter is then withdrawn and another balloon catheter is inserted. This balloon has the mesh stent tube wrapped around it. Once this tube has been placed in the center of now widened area of the

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    Malpractice Medical Spleen Removal Laparoscopic Splenectomy Surgery 1


    www.PreOp.com Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company Patient ED @ 617-379-1582 INFO Your doctor has recommended that you undergo a Splenectomy – or spleen removal surgery. But what does that actually mean? The spleen is one of the organs in your body that works to clean your blood. The Spleen is located behind the stomach… and to the left of the liver. Medical Malpractice Specifically, the spleen picks out and destroys red blood cells that are no longer useful. A Splenectomy is the surgical procedure used to permanently remove the spleen from the body. Reasons for removing the spleen vary. Most spleen removal surgery is performed in an emergency situation, during which internal bleeding may be putting a patient’s life at risk. Medical Malpractice This program assumes, however, that you are not currently in an emergency setting. In your case, the reason for removing the Spleen may be to treat a blood disease, blood congestion, Gaucher’s disease, white blood cell deficiency, the growth of a tumor, or the growth of cysts. Medical Malpractice Occasionally the Spleen is removed as part of an action taken to determine the best course of treatment for Hodgkin’s disease. Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company

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    Malpractice Medical Myomectomy Vaginal Fibroid Removal Surgery 1


    www.PreOp.com Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company Your gynecologist has recommended that you undergo surgery to remove vaginal fibroids. But what does that actually mean? The uterus is part of a woman’s reproductive system – it’s the organ that contains and protects a growing fetus during pregnancy. Medical Malpractice Fibroids are non-cancerous tumors that grow from the inner or outer wall of the uterus. They are quite common – as many as 20% of women over 30 will develop fibroids sometime during their lifetimes. Medical Malpractice In most cases fibroids do not cause any discomfort and are never detected. Occasionally, however, fibroid tumors can cause problems. Complications from fibroid growth can include * Pressure on the urinary system. * Pressure on the intestines. * Interference with the reproductive system * Or infection. Medical Malpractice Because these tumors can grow to be very large, surgery is usually recommended in order to restore health and to protect the uterus. Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company

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    What is the statue of limitation on malpractice on plastic surgery?

    I had my rhinoplasty on my nose in 1995 and the doctor at that time removed to much cartilage. He tried to fix it then without much success. I called a lawyer at that time but they told me I didn’t have a case. But now my nose is caving in. It is constantly hurting and I don’t know what to do. Would I have a case?

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    Malpractice Medical TURP Transurethral Resection Prostate Surgery 1


    www.PreOp.com Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company Patient ED @ 617-379-1582 INFO Your doctor has recommended that you undergo a Trans Urethral Resection of the Prostate – or TURP. But what exactly does that mean? The prostate gland is a walnut-sized organ that is part of your reproductive system. It provides some of the fluid contained in semen. Medical Malpractice The prostate is located just under the bladder and behind the testicles. The urethra — a hollow tube that carries both urine and semen to the penis — passes through the prostate. In some men, the prostate gland becomes enlarged. Symptoms of an enlarged prostate include * a full bladder feeling even when the bladder is empty * pain when urinating * weak urinary stream * infertility * and sexual dysfunction. Medical Malpractice To relieve you of your symptoms, your doctor feels that you would benefit from a surgical procedure called TURP. TURP is designed to relieve symptoms by reducing the size of the prostate. It is also a diagnostic procedure. Tissue removed during a resection of the prostate or TURP is routinely screened for the presence of cancer. So make sure that you ask your doctor to carefully explain the reasons behind this recommendation. Medical Malpractice and Patient Education Company

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    Who do you sue for medical malpractice for surgery?

    Would you sue the hospital or the doctor that left a needle in you after closing the surgical site? or both? I am thinking the hospital since they are the ones with the rules for the doctor.

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