Cervical Injury Stabilization
SAMedicalGraphics2022-11-23T17:26:29+00:00This case involved a 72–year–old male patient with a history of degenerative disc disease, kyphosis, and ankylosing spondylitis with fusion of C2–C6. The patient [...]
Cervical Spine Injury
SAMedicalGraphics2022-11-23T19:19:33+00:00A 34-year-old male was involved in an MVA in which he suffered significant cervical spine fractures. He presented to the defendant institution for evaluation and [...]
Stroke & tPA
SAMedicalGraphics2022-11-23T19:22:50+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
SAMedicalGraphics2022-11-23T19:24:17+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
SAMedicalGraphics2022-11-23T19:25:00+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 [...]
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
SAMedicalGraphics2022-10-19T15:01:06+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 [...]
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 [...]
Ureter Injury
SAMedicalGraphics2021-03-11T17:21:05+00:00Generally speaking, gynecologic surgery accounts for over 50% of all ureteral injuries resulting from operations. Hysterectomy of any type is usually a safe procedure, [...]