News Archives - Page 4 of 34

Meningioma Subtotal Resection/Reoccurrence: Radiation versus Observation versus Re-resection

“These findings indicate that for patients with benign meningioma desiring to avoid the high stroke risk of fractionated proton-photon RT (radiotherapy), SRS (single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has a comparable stroke risk profile to observation," states Dr. Jeremy N. Ciporen, Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national pharmaceutical injury [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-01-06T15:38:57-07:00November 16th, 2024|Meningioma Help Desk, News|0 Comments

Elder Neglect: Decubitus Ulcer Case Filed in Orange County

“Our client was admitted to Capistrano Beach Care Center for rehabilitation care following repair of a hip fracture. She was discharged with Stage IV right and left heel sores. These are ‘Never Events’ because they are preventable with routine, standard bed-side care”…Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national pharmaceutical injury attorney Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD states, [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-01-06T15:36:56-07:00November 15th, 2024|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Neonatal Diffusion-Weighted MRI: Prognostic Prediction of Neonatal HIE

“In an attempt to establish cutoff values to predict the occurrence of neurological sequelae, MD and FA measurements in the corpus callosum, thalamus, basal ganglia, corticospinal tract, and frontal white matter have proven to have an excellent ability to predict severe neurological outcomes," states Kenichi Oishi, MD, PhD, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-01-06T15:35:20-07:00November 14th, 2024|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Vigna Law Group: Investigating the Risks of Sepsis Associated Intravenous Remodulin

“There doesn’t appear to be any long-term benefit of providing Remodulin IV when compared to Sub-Cutaneous injection. The risk of blood infections from intravenous administration of Remodulin using venous access devices such as PICC lines and Ports appear to be unreasonable given there is no long-term benefit other than local pain at the incision site," [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-01-06T15:30:04-07:00November 13th, 2024|News, PICC Lines|0 Comments

Vigna Law Group: Cook IVC Filter Outed as the Worst by Yale Expert

“Furthermore, a comparison of court documents and the public record indicates that adverse events and patient deaths were misreported to FDA reviewers and were inaccurately reported in both the published literature and on the device label, providing patients and clinicians with inaccurate information about the device’s safety,” states Harlan M. Kruholz, MD. What else did [...]

gavmdjd.dc2025-01-06T15:22:39-07:00January 6th, 2025|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Depo-Provera and Meningioma: Pathology Examination and Progesterone Receptor Expression

“High progesterone receptor positivity was linked to low grade tumors. Meningioma grade and many subtypes can be identified with the use of progesterone receptor expression, particularly in cases that are borderline,” states Dr. Assad Albayati. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national pharmaceutical injury attorney, states, “In this study, like others, 79.3 % of Grade I meningiomas, [...]

gavmdjd.dc2024-11-11T23:35:06-07:00November 11th, 2024|Meningioma Help Desk, News|0 Comments

Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Early Diagnosis of Spastic Cerebral Palsy

“The aim was to investigate whether infants with periventricular white matter injury with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy have unique lesions different from lesions in those without cerebral palsy and to evaluate the early diagnostic efficiency of Diffusion Tensor Imaging for differentiating infants with spastic cerebral palsy from those with periventricular white matter injury without cerebral [...]

gavmdjd.dc2024-11-11T22:38:14-07:00November 11th, 2024|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Midurethral Sling Update: 2024 Nearly Over, PVDF Still Not Available in United States

“Polypropylene and PVDF slings showed similar high cure or improvement rate (91.0% vs. 95.6%) … A higher incidence of long-term pain events were observed in the polypropylene group,” states Dr. Jordi Sabadell. What did a randomized polypropylene tranobturator sling versus PVDF transobturator sling show in Dr. Jordi Sabadell’s article “Polypropylene and polyvinylidene fluoride transobturator slings [...]

gavmdjd.dc2024-11-11T22:34:59-07:00November 11th, 2024|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Vigna Law Group: Craniotomy Help Desk, Sorting Out the Evidence

“My law firm’s focus is the representation of women who used Depo-Provera and have required brain surgery for meningiomas that are progesterone receptor expression positive," states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified PM&R. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national pharmaceutical injury attorney, states, “Recent population studies from Europe describe a 5.5x risk of developing meningiomas in [...]

gavmdjd.dc2024-11-07T20:30:18-07:00November 1st, 2024|Meningioma Help Desk, News|0 Comments

SIMS Trial: Risks of the Coloplast Altis Sling for Dyspareunia and Coital Incontinence Reported

“Clearly, the women who were assigned into the Coloplast Altis group ‘drew the short straw’ as their sexual function was placed at risk as a result of this device when compared with full-length mid-urethral slings” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national mid-urethral sling attorney. Dr. Greg Vigna, national mid-urethral sling attorney, states, “Level 1 Evidence from [...]

gavmdjd.dc2024-11-07T20:25:05-07:00October 29th, 2024|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments