Plastic Surgery Malpractice: Expert Witness Is Truthful?
I'm curious about a plastic surgeon's opinion on this med mal case and the expert witness opinion:
A 51 year old woman underwent breast reduction, abdominoplasty and upper abdominal liposuction.
She developed an infection, wound dehiscence, and a poor cosmetic outcome of her breasts.
Plaintiffs hired an expert witness (board certified plastic surgeon) who wrote an opinion criticizing the defendant.
Does it seem like a reasonable criticism that upper abdominal liposuction should not be...
Plastic Surgery Malpractice: Expert Witness Is Truthful? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 30, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: bbc586 Tags: Plastic Surgery Source Type: forums
What would you do?
A woman came in to get her stitches removed. 2 weeks ago she had a b/l breast lift with implants, some sort of armpit tuck, and a tummy tuck in Tijuana. She saved 40K doing it in Mexico. She has stitches around her areolas, armpits, and in her bellybutton. All the wound edges looked great. From what i can tell, they all appear to be interrupted sutures, a few might be buried. There are probably 30-40 stitches.
I told her she doesn’t have a medical emergency. She knew that and...
What would you do? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 6, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: thegenius Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
