This case involves a patient who underwent a cervical total disc arthroplasty and placement of a cervical implant device that was met with complications. Following the procedure, the patient experienced new-onset neurological damage due to the postoperative complications including worsening…
This case involves a fifty-six-year-old woman who presented to her dentist with complaints of a lesion on her inner cheek. The mass measured about three centimeters long and extended past the jaw line. Her dentist was concerned over the visible…
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…
This case involves a fifty-six-year-old male, with a history of obstructive uropathy, who presented to the ED of nausea and profuse, watery diarrhea. On physical exam, he displayed left thigh pain that was significantly out of proportion to the exam.…
This case involves a fifty-two-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital due to complaints of bloody stool. Studies and samples were ordered which did not show any source for the bleed. A colonoscopy was performed which revealed blood throughout…
This clinical otolaryngology case involves the complications and necessary follow-up surgeries sustained after an elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedure. It was determined several weeks after the initial procedure that the patient suffered a perforated esophagus. The operative report…
This case involves a 45-year-old woman who contracted a severe MRSA infection most likely while working as a health care provider. She sustained a fall on the job and was originally treated for a lower back sprain and was discharged…
This case involves a 9-year-old female patient who presented to the hospital with a ruptured appendix. Additionally, an abscess was identified in her abdomen prior to surgery and an Interventional Radiologist was consulted to drain the abscess; the appendix was…
This case involves a 64-year-old male patient admitted to the hospital for severe abdominal pain. A CT-abdomen done at this admission showed an ill-defined infiltrated mass in the interomedial portion of the right hepatic lobe within the gall bladder that…
