Weight Loss Surgery
Bariatric surgery or weight loss surgery includes a variety of procedures performed on people who have obesity. Weight loss is achieved by reducing the size of the stomach with a gastric band or through removal of a portion of the stomach. Another method is resecting and re-routing the small intestine to a small stomach pouch, which is defined as gastric bypass surgery.
Weight Loss Surgery Affecting Pregnancy
There are various forms of weight loss surgery. However, one in particular raises a substantial risk for a complication when a woman presents for routine pregnancy. In the past, almost 70% of woman undergoing a gastric bypass were of child bearing age. Today, those very women are presenting to the hospital for pregnancy, only to learn their prior weight loss surgery raises a substantial risk of developing a complication. Read more about it here…
Gill & Chamas Awards for Medical Malpractice:
- $10 Million for Staph Infection
- $6.25 Million for Laparoscopic Surgery Gone Wrong
- $4.14 Million for Disabling Drug Overdose
- $4.1 Million for Suit Over Alleged Delayed Diagnosis of Newborn’s Ailment
- $3.25 Million verdict for missed diagnosis of a staph infection from and orthopedic injury
- $3.25 Million for missed diagnosis of skin cancer
- $2.0 Million for failure to diagnosis a benign brain tumor.
- $1.75 Million settlement for injuries caused to an infant due to negligent treatment at birth
- $1.20 Million settlement for a patient who suffered a stroke based on the wrong treatment by her family physician
- $1 Million settlement for a missed diagnosis of breast cancer
- $850,000.00 settlement based on the missed diagnosis of laboratory and blood testing from the primary care physician
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