“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 [...]
“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). [...]
“The first question I think that needs to be answered by hospitals that cause a Stage IV bedsores is if there is a plastic surgeon on staff that can fix the problem,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, malpractice attorney, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. What does the study by Dr. Damioli say about Stage IV [...]
“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, [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
“We represent the Estate of Betty Bell, deceased, who we allege was not provided the standard of care by the University of Chicago for a severe hospital-acquired pressure injury to her sacrum. We expect hospitals to take care of serious bedsores in-house, as discharging the injured to nursing homes is unsafe and not supported by [...]
“Across the United States, patients are suffering hospital acquired decubitus ulcers with African Americans most at risk. Compared with Whites, rates of sepsis and death is higher for African Americans,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney, Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. What did the authors of “Outcomes of Pressure Ulcer Injuries Classified [...]
Dr. Greg Vigna, personal injury attorney, Board-Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, states, “This article is important because it goes directly to the important decisions related to reconstructive limb salvage procedures versus amputation at the desired level to maintain as much residual mobility as possible.” Read Dr. Christopher Crowe’s article: “Prosthetic and orthotic options for [...]
