Case Result

$1.8M

Medical Malpractice

Louisville, KY

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Case Details

This medical negligence action involves Defendants’ negligent failure to appropriately diagnose Plaintiff as suffering from endometriosis before performing a robotic-assisted laparoscopic abdominal hysterectomy. Furthermore, while performing the hysterectomy, Defendant Physician failed to recognize and treat an intraoperative injury, namely a jejunal (small bowel) perforation. As a result, Patient became septic, and went into organ failure.

Additional Notes

Patient underwent a surgery that was neither clinically indicated nor medically necessary, suffered a jejunal (small bowel) perforation, became septic, and went into organ failure. Admitted to hospital for four months, underwent thirteen (13) separate surgeries, and requires two additional surgeries for abdominal defect.

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