Stroke & tPA
SAMedicalGraphics2021-03-24T14:32:56+00:00This case involved a 51-year-old man with a history of multiple myeloma, amyloidosis, hypertension, and hypercalcemia who awoke around 2:30 am unable to speak or [...]
Total Hip Replacement
SAMedicalGraphics2021-03-22T17:28:08+00:00This case involved a 45-year-old woman who had undergone a transvaginal tape suspension (TVT) and rectocele repair in February 2004. Postoperatively she complained of [...]
Adhesions
SAMedicalGraphics2021-03-19T21:04:23+00:00This case involved a female patient who had a 5 cm cyst on her right ovary. She underwent surgery for removal of the cyst with [...]
Retained Foreign Body
SAMedicalGraphics2021-03-19T16:06:55+00:00The female plaintiff presented to the defendant with abdominal pain and after a sonogram indicated a pelvic mass, the defendant performed an exploratory laparotomy. Intraoperatively, [...]
Bile Duct Injury
SAMedicalGraphics2021-03-19T16:39:20+00:00This case involved middle-aged male who presented with multiple gallstones in the gallbladder, one of which was lodged in the gallbladder neck. The defendant performed [...]
Lumbar Nerve Root
SAMedicalGraphics2021-03-18T20:03:03+00:00This case involved a 19-year-old male patient who had a history of low back pain for about a year and was reporting severe, constant, and [...]
Thoracic Spine Fusion
SAMedicalGraphics2021-03-16T17:10:29+00:00This case involved an obese male patient with a multi-year history of lower leg pain and numbness. He eventually underwent decompression and fixation of [...]
Lower Extremity Amputation
SAMedicalGraphics2021-03-15T20:53:07+00:00This case involved a previously healthy 67-year-old male patient who presented with nearly fatal urosepsis from kidney stones. During this acute illness, he developed multisystem [...]
Hernia Repair
SAMedicalGraphics2021-03-15T17:17:12+00:00This case involved a middle-aged male patient with bilateral inguinal hernias. The right side had both direct and indirect hernia, so the defendant repaired it [...]
Gastric Bypass
SAMedicalGraphics2021-03-15T16:21:45+00:00This case involved a morbidly obese woman who underwent a vertical banded gastroplasty with Roux-en-Y. The procedure was performed through an open incision because [...]