Cody Porcoro

This case concerns the carotid endarterectomy of an elderly man’s artery, which left him with numerous medical complications. The surgery was assessed to be without any adverse side-effects at the time; however, days after the operation the patient began to…

After undergoing a standard laparoscopic myomectomy to remove fibroid tissue from her uterus, a woman faced severe ramifications after the procedure helped spread cancer throughout her body. The gynecologist had used a morcellator to divide the tissue into smaller pieces…

Following a percutaneous nephrolithotomy surgery that was meant to remove a kidney stone with minimal invasion, a woman suffered severe medical complications that caused her to pass away shortly after the procedure. With multiple stones in her left kidney, the…

This case was filed in the aftermath of a left carotid endarterectomy, where the patient never fully recovered from collateral nerve damage that left him with a debilitatingly impacted quality of life. Prior to the procedure, the seventy year-old patient…

An interventional cardiologist’s’ perspective was needed in a medical malpractice case after a fifty year-old woman passed away from complications arising in her carotid endarterectomy procedure. Two years after her left carotid artery underwent endarterectomy to reduce her risk of…

This lawsuit concerned the medical treatment of a man in his mid-sixties with a history of leg pain, chest pain, and decreased ankle-brachial index. The brachial index indicated that the man’s blood pressures in his arm and leg were radically…

This lawsuit stems from the devastating nerve damage caused by a surgeon attempting to remedy his patient’s ulcerated plaque with a left carotid endarterectomy. During the procedure, the only hypoglossal nerve had been identified, and was believed to be high…

A general surgeon and anesthesiologist were accused of abandoning standards of care after a pregnant woman passed away from an attempted myomectomy performed in conjunction with a C-section. During the C-section, a large non-cancerous leiomyoma growth was noticed in her…

A carotid endarterectomy surgical expert was asked to opine on a malpractice case involving a patient who sustained significant nervous damage during his endarterectomy. Originally requiring the endarterectomy to reduce his risk of stroke, the patient began to experience postoperative…

A contentious breast cancer diagnosis as brought to trial after a cancer specialist erred in his estimation of a patient. The patient, who had recently developed an abnormal tissue lump of on one breast, was recommended to a cancer specialist…