It took 14 years for Dr. Christian Guier’s alleged history of throwing scissors, berating OR team members and other disruptive behaviors to reach the breaking point for St. John’s Medical Center in Jackson, Wyo. The hospital pulled the orthopedic surgeon’s surgical privileges in 2006 after the entire OR staff signed a “Work Refusal Petition” over his alleged abuse — a disciplinary action that was lawful and justified by the evidence, the state Supreme Court affirmed last week.   Read More…
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The wife of an active duty serviceman elected to have breast augmentation in 2009 while living in Nevada.  She specifically requested 300cc implants.  At the time of the surgery, there were no 300 cc implants available so the surgeon placed 250cc implants and overfilled them to 270cc each.  She is unsatisfied with the outcome and is seeking $150,000 in damages for pain and suffering, mental anguish and travel related expenses.
The couple now live in Virginia and the story was seen in the Virginian Pilot.  The repeat surgery is said to …

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A Virginia judge has upheld a $1.95 million verdict in a lawsuit filed over the death of a mother after plastic surgery. The suit claimed the woman was sent home after having multiple procedures and was having trouble breathing in post-op. She died less than two days after returning home of aspiration pneumonia, the medical report states. The settlement money will go to her four children.  Read Article: Virginian Pilot
After many years of trying and a miscarriage, one …

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A southeast Texas jury awarded $4 million to a man who had a surgical sponge left inside him after a procedure in 2008. The man had surgery in December 2008 to have his gallbladder removed. A few months later he was rushed back to the hospital with severe stomach pain, the suit said, where it was discovered that a sponge had been left inside his abdomen. From Kayla Bell,of the Victoria Advocate.
Retained surgical sponges and instruments are a hot bed for litigation.  Luckily medical companies are working to …