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Articles by Cody Porcoro

Patient Suffers Severe Bacterial Infection After Hip Replacement

Following a total hip arthroplasty procedure, a male patient was diagnosed with an infection of the MRSA ‘Super Bug’ bacteria, suffering numerous ramifications. Though he was treated with antibiotics immediately following the surgery, he complained of a continuing hip pain…

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Doctors sued for Negligence in In Vitro Fertilization Case

A woman with a history of two past ectopic pregnancies, where the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, underwent in vitro fertilization treatment to help her become pregnant a third time. She was told she should start being abstinent the…

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Man Faces Complications from Total Hip Arthroplasty

A sixty year-old underwent a total hip arthroplasty only to discover that he was in far too much pain to begin his physical therapy routine after the surgery. His pain was severe enough to be highly unusual, and his doctors…

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Fibroid Removal During Pregnancy Leaves Patient Unstable

Following a woman’s use of in vitro fertilization and a donated embryo to induce pregnancy, she experienced a uterine rupture when her placenta detached from the womb, requiring an emergent cesarean delivery. When she reached her third trimester, she complained…

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Uterine Artery Embolization Expert Opines on use of Embospheres

This lawsuit was filed by a woman who, after undergoing two prior uterine artery embolizations using Embospheres, claimed that her doctors had negligently spread the small biotech beads throughout her body to devastating effects. Originally, the Embospheres were meant to…

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Knee Replacement Procedure Complicated by Hospital Staff

After a seventy year-old man underwent a total hip arthroplasty, his new hip was inadvertently dislocated by the hospital staff as he was transferred from the operating table to his hospital bed. The damage was allegedly so severe that he…

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Total Hip Arthroplasty Turns Fatal in Nursing Home

A skilled nursing facility administrator was needed to testify in a lawsuit that claimed a nursing home’s insufficient care had caused one of their patients to pass away. The patient, a woman with a history of post-polio syndrome and failed…

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Hip Replacement Expert Comments on “Drop Foot” Side Effect

A patient diagnosed with severe arthritis in both hips elected to undergo a total hip arthroplasty on both sides, decided that his condition of living had already been severely degraded by his condition. Shortly after the procedure on his right…

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Foam Sclerotherapy Technique Questioned in Malpractice Case

A young woman admitted to medical services for sclerotherapy treatment claimed that she had been a victim of her physician’s malpractice after her ring finger had to be amputated. Though she had been given a foam sclerotherapy treatment to her…

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Patient Alleges Hip Replacement was Negligent

A woman diagnosed with degenerative arthritis underwent a total hip arthroplasty that left her with extensive complications due to the alleged actions of her physician. During a checkup after the procedure, she was noted to have a hematoma, though the…

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