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 [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Study: Ineffective Care for Pelvic Decubitus Ulcer in Focus
“The first question I think that needs to be answered by hospitals that cause a Stage IV bedsores is if [...]
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 [...]
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,” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
University of Chicago: Hit with Unsafe Discharge Lawsuit After Hospital-acquired Bedsore
“We represent the Estate of Betty Bell, deceased, who we allege was not provided the standard of care by the [...]
Ineffective Care for African American Decubitus Ulcers: The Evidence is Clear
“Across the United States, patients are suffering hospital acquired decubitus ulcers with African Americans most at risk. Compared with Whites, [...]