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Vigna Law Group: ‘Never Event’ Retained Sponge Case Filed in Las Vegas

“List of Serious Reportable Events (aka…” Never Events”)… 1D. Unintended retention of a foreign object in a patient after surgery or other invasive procedure (updated). Applicable in: hospitals, outpatient/office-based surgery centers, ambulatory practice settings/office-based practices, long-term care/skilled nursing facilities,” National Quality Forum, List of Serious Reportable Events. Read the National Quality Forum List of Serious [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-07-18T14:36:06-07:00July 10th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Select Specialty Hospital-Columbus Ohio Hit with ‘Never Event’ Bedsore Lawsuit

“Historically, long-term acute care hospitals have been a safe place for patients with serious Stage IV bedsores to receive reconstructive surgery for cure. We allege that this Ohio Select Specialty Hospital caused our client to suffer a Stage IV decubitus ulcer,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national bedsore attorney. Dr. Greg Vigna, national malpractice attorney and [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-07-02T15:26:05-07:00June 16th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Myocutaneous Flap Surgery for Deep Stage III and Stage IV Bedsores is the Standard of Care

“Surgical intervention using flap reconstruction is the mainstay therapy for management of pressure injuries with advanced stages,” states Dr. Shima Bani Assad, MD, General Surgeon. Read Dr. Assad’s article: “Various Flaps Used for Reconstruction of Pressure Injuries: A Narrative Review” published in World J Plast Surg. 2025; 14(1):1-7: https://wjps.ir/files/site1/user_files_c1050c/peyman1234_-A-10-954-2-97aa446.pdf What is the prognosis for a patient [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-07-02T15:15:32-07:00June 14th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Myocutaneous Flap Surgery for Deep Stage III and Stage IV Bedsores is the Standard of Care

“Surgical intervention using flap reconstruction is the mainstay therapy for management of pressure injuries with advanced stages,” states Dr. Shima Bani Assad, MD, General Surgeon. Read Dr. Assad’s article: “Various Flaps Used for Reconstruction of Pressure Injuries: A Narrative Review” published in World J Plast Surg. 2025; 14(1):1-7: https://wjps.ir/files/site1/user_files_c1050c/peyman1234_-A-10-954-2-97aa446.pdf What is the prognosis for a patient [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-07-02T12:16:22-07:00June 6th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Message to Hospitalist: Stage III/IV Bedsores, Reconstructive Surgery ‘Should be Performed’

"Patients with hospital-acquired decubitus ulcers cannot be discharged to facilities that lack the capability to perform reconstructive surgery for cure, as this is an unsafe discharge. Hospitalists who authorize such discharges are exposed," states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national bedsore attorney, states, “For decades, physicians [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-07-02T12:13:07-07:00June 5th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Kindred Hit in Texas with Ineffective Decubitus Ulcer Lawsuit

“Clearly, the standard of care as described by the Wound Healing Society advocates for an early two-stage surgical strategy for patients suffering Stage IV hospital-acquired pressure injuries. First, timely debridement with application of a VAC pack, and then flap coverage,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Greg Vigna, national malpractice [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-07-02T12:08:26-07:00June 4th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Length of Hospitalization for Stage III and IV Decubitus Ulcers Before and After 2015

“Today, patients who suffer hospital acquired Stage III or Stage IV pressure injuries are in the hospital 39 days less than those who suffered these injuries before 2015,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Greg Vigna, national bedsore attorney, says, “Acute care hospitals are simply discharging patients with serious decubitus ulcers caused [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-07-02T12:01:58-07:00June 2nd, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Management of Deep Tissue Injuries in Patients at Risk for Pressure Injuries

“Most commonly, deep tissue pressure injuries appear on the skin over the coccyx or sacrum, the buttocks, and the heel,” states Ave Preston, RN, CWOCN, University of Pennsylvania Hospital. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national pressure injury attorney, Board Certified PM&R, states, “At the long-term acute care hospital where I practiced, when a patient who was [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-05-19T15:32:35-07:00May 19th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Kindred Hospital Philadelphia-Havertown Hit with Bedsore Wrongful Death Lawsuit

“Our client suffered a serious Stage IV pressure injury and was transferred to Kindred Hospital Philadelphia-Havertown. We allege our client was then not provided effective care and lost an opportunity for cure when he was discharged to a nursing home,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national decubitus attorney. Dr. Greg Vigna, Board Certified Physical Medicine and [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-05-19T15:17:43-07:00May 19th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Daleview Care Center Hit with ‘Never Event’ Bedsore Lawsuit

“We represent those who have hospital acquired Stage III or Stage IV bedsores that are discharged to nursing homes without being offered the standard of care recommended by Wound Healing Society Guidelines. Early flap closure is required to prevent malnutrition, chronic infection, sepsis, and death,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national decubitus ulcer attorney. The National [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-05-14T16:29:07-07:00May 14th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments