“Chronic pain diagnoses increased risk of midurethral sling revision/removal; pelvic pain and numbers of diagnoses increased this risk,” states Dr. Nicholas F. Rockefeller, M.D. What else did Dr. Rockefeller report in “Midurethral Sling Removal or Revision in Women with Chronic Pain,” published in Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery. Volume 28, Number 5, May 2022? [...]
“Our client has been seriously injured from the selection of the Altis mini-sling, and the failure to timely diagnose and treat the known complications of this unreasonably dangerous device” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney. Dr. Greg Vigna, mid-urethral sling attorney says, “The implanting physician named in this lawsuit chose to implant the Altis [...]
“There are some weakness to this data … 564 were analyzed … at year one, data for 427 subjects was available … for attrition rate of 24.3% ... After 3 years, 307 were available for evaluation (46% attrition rate)” says Dr. Frank Van der Aa, Department of Urology. University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium. What else did [...]
“Neither diabetes nor other treatable comorbidities were significantly associated with major complications if the treatment of these factors is included in a multidisciplinary approach" says Dr. Dirk J Schaefer, Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland. What did Dr. Dirk J Schaefer report in “Risk Factors of Major Complications After Flap Surgery in [...]
“The weakness of the Altis 522 study include … high attrition rate (at 36-months, the attrition rate for the Altis arm was 23.9%, whereas the attrition rate for the Comparator arm was 40.9%)" according to the FDA Home 522 Postmarket Surveillance Studies Database. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national mid-urethral sling attorney, states “Unfortunately the FDA [...]
“The most common foci in hospitalized patients are infections of the lower respiratory tract, followed by intra-abdominal, bloodstream, intravascular line infections, and urinary tract infections," says Dr. Michael S. Niederman, Critical Care, Cornell Medical Center. What did Dr. Niederman say in the study, “Initial Antimicrobial Management of Sepsis” in Critical Care, (2021) 25:307? “Rhee and [...]
“Critically ill patients often have complex medical conditions that may limit their ability to be repositioned frequently, necessitating a careful assessment and tailored approach" states Dr. Flavia Castelino, Ph.D. What else did Dr. Castelino report in “Nursing Interventions to Prevent Pressure Ulcers in Critically Ill Patients: A Review of the Evidence”, published in the Asian [...]
“Providing rehabilitation in patients with stage IV decubitus ulcers on the coccyx, ischium, or sacrum is at best difficult or futile at worst. In patients who desire myocutanteous flap closure, patients under my care, we would out of the bed rehabilitation until after surgical closure of the wound” … Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national wound care attorney. [...]
“The ulcers were considered to be the probable source of bacteraemia in 53% of the episodes," states I. A. Braga. What was reported in the article, “Bacterial colonization of pressure ulcers: assessment of risk for bloodstream infection and impact on patient outcomes” published in the Journal of Hospital Infection 83 (2013) 314-320. “A total of [...]
“In patients with pulmonary valve infective endocarditis, the median age was 44 years … this study showed a substantial proportion (36.6%) of patients with right-side infective endocarditis with pulmonary valve involvement” states Dr. Yongseop Lee, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. What else did Dr. Lee report in “Clinical [...]