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Dr. Abdel-Fattah: Single-Incision Mini-Sling NEJM Data Lacking

lukej August 2, 2023 No Comments

For nearly a year, we have been waiting for the data comparing retropubic slings to transobturator slings. “We have been waiting for the underlying data for the New England Journal…

Vigna Law Group: A Medicolegal Perspective of Phantom Limb Pain After Traumatic Amputation

lukej July 25, 2023 No Comments

Dr. Vigna weighs in on the treatment of phantom pain following a traumatic amputation. “Post-amputation pain in the missing limb following amputation, first described by a French military surgeon in…

Single-Incision Mini-Slings the Future has Been Predicted

lukej July 22, 2023 No Comments

The utility of the Coloplast Altis sling and Boston Scientific Solyx is questionable at best. Dr. Greg Vigna, “The utility of the Coloplast Altis sling and Boston Scientific Solyx is…

Necrotic Decubitus Ulcer: DIC or Uncontrolled Bleeding Warning

lukej July 20, 2023 No Comments

Bedsores with dead tissue either get infected leading to sepsis or even disseminated intravascular coagulation that leads to uncontrolled bleeding. “I’m seeing a very disturbing trend where hospitals are discharging…

Retropubic Slings: Safer Alternative Design to the Transobturator Sling

lukej July 20, 2023 No Comments

There is a basis of physician malpractice for merely selecting a full-length transobturator sling or minisling that inserts into the obturator internus muscle. “We represent women with serious neurological injuries…

Decubitus Ulcers Can Be Prevented with Hospital Administration Support

lukej July 16, 2023 No Comments

Nursing homes and hospitals must be held accountable for the complications they cause. “The repercussions from criminal prosecution of nursing home personnel may eventually spread to hospitals. It is no…

Heavy-Weight Polypropylene Slings: The End is Near, we hope.

lukej July 15, 2023 No Comments

NEJM article is just another chapter of the ever-growing history of the failure of heavy-weight polypropylene vaginal mesh devices “The New England Journal of Medicine published that mini-slings that insert…

Hospital Sepsis: Fibrin Sheath Complications from Polyurethane PICC Lines

lukej July 15, 2023 No Comments

Central venous line bloodstream infections can lead to brain damage, bedsores, kidney failure, amputations, and death The fibrin sheath causes a confined space that surrounds the distal time of the…

Dr. Amy Gee: “Women are going down like flies, heavy-weight, small pore mesh slings”

lukej July 14, 2023 No Comments

Unfortunately, the misrepresentation by Ethicon continues to be recirculated in the literature. “Dr. Amy Gee, your article ‘Where Are We Now? Urogynecologic Mesh’ takes us back to 2004 and does…

Grade IV Heel Decubitus Ulcer with Osteomylitis: Surgical Consultation Recommended

lukej July 13, 2023 No Comments

Prevention of heel decubitus ulcers are paramount because this location is the most difficult of decubitus ulcers to manage. “In adults presenting with one or more heel pressure injuries stage…

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