Negligent Gallbladder Removal
Gall bladder removal surgery (laparoscopic cholecystectomy or "Lap-choli") procedures are a laparoscopic procedure using several small incisions to allow the surgeon to insert 2-3 different thin instruments to perform the procedure. Prior to lap-choli's surgeons performed this as an open procedure, meaning an open surgical field and the surgeon used their their hands and scalpels instead of guided instruments.
See Missouri Lawsuit Negligent Gallbladder Removal - Surgery Details
A thin tube with a video camera is inserted into the abdomen, then the doctor inflates the abdomen with carbon dioxide to provide room for the surgery . Several, usually two, needle-like instruments (the laparoscopic scopes) are inserted.
Several different instruments are inserted to clip the gallbladder artery and bile duct and then to dissect and remove the gallbladder and stones. The entire procedure normally takes less then 1 hour.
WHERE DO SURGEONS GO WRONG?
Gallbladder surgery becomes more complicated and requires more skill and expertise now that the standard is not an open procedure but using the scoped instruments, laparoscopic procedure. Because this is a common outpatient procedure, many doctors who are not properly trained do this procedure routinely and eventually their poor skills catch up to them by injuring someone.
The most common negligent act in the lap-choli procedure is the doctor negligently cuts the common bile ducts mistaking it for the cystic bile duct, the duct they are supposed to cut. How does this happen? Inattention to detail and varying anatomy of different patients.
The negligent surgeons could often prevent the complications they cause by properly circumferentially dissecting around the gallbladder and properly and clearly identifying the anatomy of the gall bladder and its adjacent ducts, arteries, and structures.
#1 Most Common Reason for Missouri Gallbladder Malpractice - Not Knowing the Anatomy
#2 Intra-operative Cholangiogram would prevent improper identification of the anatomy and thus reduce Missouri lap-choli medical malpractice
#3 Critical View of Safety or "CVS" Explained for Use in Medical Malpractice Cases
#4 "Known Risk" Defense - Cutting Common Bile Duct IS Negligent
St Louis gall bladder surgery malpractice lawyer Ben Sansone will review your case and collect the medical records for free to determine if there is an actionable case. Call St Louis malpractice injury lawyer today.
See Missouri Lawsuit Negligent Gallbladder Removal - Surgery Details
A thin tube with a video camera is inserted into the abdomen, then the doctor inflates the abdomen with carbon dioxide to provide room for the surgery . Several, usually two, needle-like instruments (the laparoscopic scopes) are inserted.
Several different instruments are inserted to clip the gallbladder artery and bile duct and then to dissect and remove the gallbladder and stones. The entire procedure normally takes less then 1 hour.
WHERE DO SURGEONS GO WRONG?
Gallbladder surgery becomes more complicated and requires more skill and expertise now that the standard is not an open procedure but using the scoped instruments, laparoscopic procedure. Because this is a common outpatient procedure, many doctors who are not properly trained do this procedure routinely and eventually their poor skills catch up to them by injuring someone.
The most common negligent act in the lap-choli procedure is the doctor negligently cuts the common bile ducts mistaking it for the cystic bile duct, the duct they are supposed to cut. How does this happen? Inattention to detail and varying anatomy of different patients.
The negligent surgeons could often prevent the complications they cause by properly circumferentially dissecting around the gallbladder and properly and clearly identifying the anatomy of the gall bladder and its adjacent ducts, arteries, and structures.
#1 Most Common Reason for Missouri Gallbladder Malpractice - Not Knowing the Anatomy
#2 Intra-operative Cholangiogram would prevent improper identification of the anatomy and thus reduce Missouri lap-choli medical malpractice
#3 Critical View of Safety or "CVS" Explained for Use in Medical Malpractice Cases
#4 "Known Risk" Defense - Cutting Common Bile Duct IS Negligent
St Louis gall bladder surgery malpractice lawyer Ben Sansone will review your case and collect the medical records for free to determine if there is an actionable case. Call St Louis malpractice injury lawyer today.