Case Summary This case involves an obese male patient with a history of Sarcoidosis, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and hypertension. After the patient’s visit to a primary care physician (PCP), a rheumatologist subsequently examined the patient for a follow-up of…
Court: Common Pleas Court of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Taylor v. DeLeo Citation: 2015 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 20 Facts This case involves a plaintiff who underwent multiple laparoscopic surgeries to treat adhesions in her…
This case involves an elderly woman who underwent a polypectomy. There was a target sign seen with deep cautery effect, and a decision was made to place several hemostatic clips. The patient was discharged the same day with no imaging…
A general surgery expert witness advises on a case involving an 80-year-old female who required significant abdominal surgery. Prior to discharge, the patient complained of severe nausea and limited appetite (per her medical records). She was sent for an x-ray,…
A hospitalist expert witness opines on a case of a patient with a hepatic abscess who was discharged from a hospital without adequate care. This case involves a fifty-five-year-old male patient with a past medical history of obesity and hypertension.…
This case involves a forty-five-year-old woman, status post hysterectomy. This patient presented to her OBGYN physician for a partial hysterectomy via Da Vinci robotic approach. During the procedure suing the surgical technology, one of the blades fractured from one of the trocars,…
This case involves a forty-five-year-old female who presented to the emergency room with a history of severe right upper quadrant abdominal pain. A CT scan of her abdomen revealed a non-specific vascular liver lesion. At the time of diagnosis, the…
This case involves a fifty-eight-year-old female patient who presented to her OBGYN complaining of post-menopausal bleeding. The patient underwent a failed dilation and curettage by a previous physician who told her that she had a thickened endometrial stripe. The patient…
This case involves a patient who underwent a robotic myomectomy in the form of a da Vinci-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy and right salpingo-oophorectomy in a major university hospital setting. A physician who did not receive extensive training with the new technology…
