New York Urologist Hit with Altis Mid-urethral Sling Lawsuit: Delayed Treatment of Nerve Injury

“Our client has been seriously injured by a physician’s selection of the Altis mini-sling and his failure to timely remove the device after immediate intractable pain following implantion,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney. Dr. Greg Vigna, mid-urethral sling attorney, states “The SIMS trial in 2022 revealed that the Atlis device is known [...]

2025-03-06T14:08:37-07:00March 6th, 2025|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Motor-cognitive Impairment: Hypoxic versus Non-Hypoxic

“Our findings demonstrate that, despite the manifest successes of therapeutic hypothermia, brain development is impaired in these children,” states Dr. Ela Chakkarapani, Pediatrics and Neonatology. Dr. Greg Vigna, Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, national birth injury attorney says, “Children who required therapeutic cooling may be spared the diagnosis of cerebral palsy, but clearly [...]

2025-03-06T13:59:38-07:00March 6th, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Hernia Mesh: General Surgeons Slow to Move on from Synthetic Mesh

“Our study demonstrates that the use of P4HB mesh is both safe and effective in ventral hernia repairs,” states Dr. Daniel H. Tran, General Surgery, Texas A&M College of Medicine. Dr. Greg Vigna, national mid-urethral sling attorney and hernia mesh attorney, says, “The Phasix mesh is P4HB and is a natural polymer derived from E. [...]

2025-03-06T13:56:53-07:00March 6th, 2025|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Kindred, Vibra, and Cornerstone Wound Care; Flaps Availability

“Despite patients with poor baseline functional status, flap coverage for pressure ulcer patients is safe with acceptable postoperative complications. This type of treatment should be considered for properly selected patients,” states Dr. Bao Ngoc N. Tran, MD, Division of Plastic Surgery, Harvard Medical School. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national decubitus ulcer attorney, former Long-term Acute [...]

2025-03-06T13:52:35-07:00March 6th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Decubitus Ulcers: The Medical Necessity of Palliative Wound Care in Long-Term Acute Hospitals

“Medicare reimburses providers for inpatient hospitalizationonly if “a physician certifies that such services are required to be given on an inpatient basis for such individual’s medical treatment, or that inpatient diagnostic study is medically required and such services are necessary for such purpose[.],” according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 42 U.S.C. § 1395f(a)(3). [...]

2025-03-06T13:08:55-07:00March 6th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

New Motor and/or Sensory Loss Following Spinal Surgery

“Hospitals audit compliance for obtaining a STAT MRI following spinal surgery when there is new motor and/or sensory loss at the level of the surgery with or without urinary retention. Because that is what is required as 'Time is Spine,’" states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national neurological injury attorney. What does Dr. Edward Bayley, spine surgeon, [...]

2025-03-06T12:53:14-07:00March 6th, 2025|News, SCI|0 Comments

Mortality Rate is ‘High’ in Bacteremia Associated with Pressure Ulcers

“Mortality rate is high, and hospital-acquired bacteremia, polymicrobial bacteremia, and serum albumin < 23 g/L are associated with increased mortality,” states Dr. Elena Espejo, Complex Wounds Working Group. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national decubitus ulcer attorney explains, “Every hospital that discharges patients with a Stage IV decubitus ulcers, with or without osteomylitis, risks a bloodstream [...]

2025-03-06T12:50:40-07:00March 6th, 2025|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Altis Single-incison Sling Investigation: ‘Seems to Behave Differently After Implantation in Sheep’

Dr. Greg Vigna, national mid-urethral sling attorney states, “The author must have had some concerns regarding the stiffness of the Altis device and some perceived belief that it rolls or buckles after implantation. These devices are intended to lay flat.” What did the sheep study show?: “The structurally stiffer Altis sling had decreased tissue integration [...]

2025-03-06T12:38:41-07:00March 6th, 2025|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Co-occurrence of “Perinatal Stroke and Neonatal Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy”

“CONCLUSION: Among infants undergoing therapeutic hypothermia, perinatal arterial ischemic stroke typically occurs with concurrent hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy pattern brain injury,” states Fernando F. Gonzalez, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco. What did Dr. Gonzalez report in Pediatric Research in the 2024 article “Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke diagnosed in infants receiving therapeutic hypothermia for [...]

2025-03-06T12:32:28-07:00March 6th, 2025|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments
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