Category: Medical Malpractice

Stroke Management: Acute Management and Saving the Viable Brain

Greg Vigna August 29, 2025 No Comments

“In patients with salvageable brain tissue identified by perfusion imaging who did not initially receive thrombectomy, alteplase given 4.5 to 24 hours after acute ischemic stroke onset may improve functional…

Spinal Stimulator Device Migration with Injury: Device and Doctor

Greg Vigna January 13, 2025 No Comments

“The Food and Drug Administration has flagged over 80,000 injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator (SCS), making them the 3rd most flagged medical device,” states Dr. Wayne K. Cheng, MD,…

Vigna Law Group: 2025 Outlook for Pharmaceutical Litigation

Greg Vigna January 3, 2025 No Comments

“The Celect IVC filter case demonstrates the need for regulatory reforms to ensure that critical safety data is accessible to the FDA, clinicians, and patients to inform decision making,” states…

Drug-Eluting Resorbable Scaffold: Hope For Those with Below-knee Vascular Disease

lukej May 11, 2024 No Comments

Study calls into question the practice of repeat angioplasties for recurrent stenosis of arteries below the knee Among patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia and infrapopliteal artery disease (below the knee),…

Jury Awards $926,000 against Bard in IVC filter Case in Oregon Federal Court

lukej May 7, 2024 No Comments

A jury awarded $926,000 to a plaintiff in an IVC filter case after unanimously finding that Bard had negligently designed the filter. On Friday, a jury in Portland federal court…

Epidural Abscess: Emergent Surgical Evacuation is the Mainstay of Treatment

lukej May 4, 2024 No Comments

Prompt surgical decompression and evacuation with concurrent antibiotic treatment seem to be state-of-the-art therapy for such a condition. “Irrespective of the age group, in the presence of acute neurological deterioration,…

Stroke Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Twice as Many Thrombectomies

lukej March 24, 2024 No Comments

During the peak of the outbreak in Manhattan, Dr. Weinberger reported, “We’re doing twice as many interventions for large vessel thromboses than usual…” Dr. Jesse Weinberger, a stroke neurologist and…

Stroke Care Revolution Saving Lives and Function…Despite Lost Opportunities

lukej March 12, 2024 No Comments

Some hospitals aren’t prepared for timely transfers to a Comprehensive Stroke Center with physician skill & equipment to provide the necessary standard of care. In 2018 hospitals across the country…

Vigna Law Group: Deep Tissue Injury (DTI)…What Comes Next? Litigation

lukej March 9, 2024 No Comments

VLG a national neurological injury and malpractice injury law firm, offers immediate evaluation of hospital acquired bed sores from photo review by an expert. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, a physician…

Artificial Tears Contamination Outbreak

lukej February 26, 2024 No Comments

Outbreak of extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa associated with artificial tears “Pseudomonas in artificial tears is a disaster as this leads to permanent corneal ulceration, corneal scarring, impaired vision, and even…

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