Surgical Error The case of WILLIAM DeSANTIS and ANN DeSANTIS, Plaintiffs, v. GARY ZITO, M.D., METROPOLITAN LITHOTRIPTOR ASSOCIATES, P.C. and METROPOLITAN UROLOGICAL SPECIALIST, P.C., Defendants, Index No. 109753/09 (Supreme Court, New York County, April 24, 2011). In this case, the plaintiff suffered from an enlarged prostate. As (more…)
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During laparoscopic gallbladder removal surgery, there can be times when the surgeon mistakes the common bile duct for the cystic duct. If the surgeon does not recognize this error before clipping or dissecting, this may produce a serious injury or inappropriate damage or insult to the common bile duct. As (more…)
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Intraoperative Cholangiography Cholecystectomy is the most commonly performed elective abdominal surgical procedure in the United States. Each year approximately 750,000 cholecystectomies are performed in the United States alone.1 For every 200 cholecystectomies performed one injury to the common bile duct occurs.2 An injury to the common bile (more…)
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New York Surgical Malpractice Generally speaking, doctors and their insurance carriers don’t like to admit that the doctor made a mistake and committed medical malpractice. They will fight hard to ensure that a claim is dismissed and the injured party does not receive any compensation. From being (more…)
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