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5/19/2011
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Virginia Man Sues Surgeon Over Botched Back Surgery

According to a report in the Louisiana Record, Virginia resident David Hall has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Louisiana (LA) surgeon "for allegedly taking the recommendation of a salesman instead of complying with an appropriate level of standard of care."

The lawsuit says Hall underwent lumbar surgery in Feb. 2009. It said the surgeon, inserted Verticor Eclipse Spinal Spheres in Hall's spine. But did not use procedures such as bone grafts at the recommendation of a salesman who distributed and sold the medical device.

Hall said he Hall developed a number of problems and complications after the procedure including severe back and leg pain, pulmonary emboli which is a blockage in the lungs and lower extremity deep vein thrombosis and infection.

"Hall argues that the spheres are approved by the FDA for use with bone graft and the standard of care required that bone graft be used in conjunction with the spheres," the Louisiana Record stated. Spinal surgery is one of the most delicate and fraught procedures carried out in hospitals. Mistakes can prove extremely painful and distressing.

Our experienced Virginia medical malpractice attorneys recently reported on how a spinal surgeon who required spinal surgery himself, sued after it was botched by the Virginia spinal specialist he chose.

In 2003, in a case in Newport News Circuit Court, Virginia (VA), one of our clients received an out of court settlement of $1.25 million after a surgeon  allowed a surgical instrument to cut three vessels in the patient's abdomen. The operation was a routine low back disc surgery procedure.

According to our Virginia Beach-based medical malpractice attorneys, surgical errors and mistakes are one of the most common causes of medical malpractice lawsuits.

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Category: Medical Malpractice/Doctor Mistakes

Labels: attorneys bone complication Cooper graft injury LA lawyers Louisiana lumbar malpractice medical painful personal salesman specialists spheres spinal surgery VA Virginia


About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a Virginia injury law firm whose attorneys focus on personal injury and accident law and have extensive experience handling medical malpractice and doctor mistake cases. Please take a few moments to review our medical malpractice case results. We have offices in Virginia Beach and Hampton, VA, but we're ready to come to you anywhere in Virginia, including Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Newport News and Suffolk, VA, if you've been seriously hurt by the carelessness of a doctor, surgeon, nurse or pharmacist.

Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been recognized as among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Also, Rick and Jim have been named Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010. Fewer than 5 percent of lawyers are chosen for this professional honor.

Members of our VA personal injury law firm have also been selected by the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. In addition, we were the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Our VA medical malpractice firm has the highest rating of AV from Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer ranking organization, which means we have a reputation for preeminent legal skill.

We offer free special reports on the Top 10 Tips from a Medical Malpractice Insider and the top five surgical errors you must know about. 

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