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Transvaginal mesh product leads to bowel perforation and sepsis

This case involves a sixty-two-year-old woman who presented to her women’s health clinic complaining of severe postmenopausal bleeding along with pelvic organ prolapse. The patient underwent several rounds of diagnostic testing and her physician suggested that her issue would be…

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Alleged Fraud and Breach of Fiduciary Duty at Ski Resort

This case involves a foreclosure and subsequent counterclaim by the owner of a parcel of property at a ski resort. An appraisal of the ski resort put the valuation of the property at $21,000,000. A real estate developer decided to…

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Lower Limb Paralysis After Spinal Fusion Surgery

This case involves a sixty-two-year-old male patient who presented to the hospital with a displacement of a cervical intervertebral disc and was admitted to the neurosurgery service after a workup revealed cervical spinal stenosis, cervical myelomalacia, and cervical spondylosis. The…

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Delayed Diagnosis of Hydrocephalus in Young Child

This is a case involving a baby born at term without any apparent complications. The patient underwent an uneventful newborn hospital stay of two days and his initial head circumference was measured to be thirty-six centimeters. At approximately one month…

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Child Suffers Brain Hypoxia During Cardiac Surgery

This case involves a child who was born with hypospadia and a congenital heart defect, which required the replacement of a cardiac conduit. The conduit was from a cadaver donor and the parents were told that it would have to…

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Infant Dies From Complicated Vaginal Delivery and Delayed C-Section

This case involves a twenty-eight-year-old pregnant female who presented to the labor and delivery unit of a hospital complaining of contractions. Upon admission, the fetal heart rate monitor showed a heart rate of 125-140 as the mother had contractions every…

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Accident on Toll Road Leads to Injury

This case involves an accident on a toll road. The plaintiff was driving through New Jersey, and prepared to cross the George Washington Bridge. As she was driving, she went into the E-ZPass lane, which uses a device to electronically…

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Physical Therapy Student Dislocates Patient’s Hip

This case involves an eighty-three-year-old female patient who underwent hip replacement surgery. Two months after the procedure, the patient was referred for physical therapy and, as a result, suffered a debilitation complication. During her first session, the physical therapist introduced…

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Patient Dies From Shock Due to Missed Intestinal Bleed

This case involves a thirty-seven-year-old female patient who presented to the hospital with complaints of severe upper-right quadrant pain, vomiting, and dark blood in her stool. A week prior to her admission, the patient had an abdominal ultrasound at her…

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Femoral Artery Tear During Routine Catheterization Procedure

This case involves a forty-eight-year-old patient who underwent a diagnostic arteriogram for the evaluation of underlying cardiac disease. During the procedure, the patient sustained a dissection and tear to the common femoral and distal iliac arteries which required subsequent repair.…

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