“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
"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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“The American Hospital Association should focus on building back the trust of community hospitals, focusing on rebuilding local ownership in nursing homes, and ensuring hospitals become a safe place for the sick and injured,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney. What does Rick Pollack, the American Hospital Association President and CEO say in the [...]
