You see these when the hole made in the stomach, punched out by the circular “anvil” to connect the stomach to the intestines, is too close to the staple lines used to make the stomach pouch. She returned 12 days later with acute abdominal pain, a CT scan revealed perforation, and a stent was inserted. Her condition developed after her surgeon performed Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and she was later readmitted for complications. She alleged that hospital physician failed to address symptoms of thiamine deficiency, leading to Wernicke’s disease, brain dysfunction associated with thiamine deficiency, which progressed to Korsakoff’s syndrome.
Gastric Bypass Surgery Malpractice Cases and Settlement Value
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