NEW YORK MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ATTORNEYS72 Year Old Woman Dies from Complications of Unnecessary Surgery This April our firm recovered $215,000 in a case of a 72 year old woman with pancreatic cancer who died as a result of complications from unneeded surgery. The case was settled just prior to jury selection and was to be tried by Thomas M. Oliva, an attorney at WRS. The case involved a 72 year old woman who was having abdominal complaints and went in for a CT scan. The CT was interpreted by her surgeon as showing signs "ovarian cysts" and he convinced the family our client needed surgery. During surgery it was found to be metastatic pancreatic cancer. The surgery took longer as expected. Our client suffered horrible post operative complications and expired. It was determined in investigating the case that the CT was absolutely misread and signs of metastatic disease were apparent. Our client should never have undergone surgery and should have only received palliative care for her cancer. Instead she suffered weeks of post surgical pain and suffering from a surgically damaged bowel, peritonitis, infection induced dementia and death. Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. For more information, click here. |
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