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New York Medical Malpractice Victim Alleges Minor Surgery Almost Cost Her Her Life

December 10, 2013

In a New York medical malpractice case that has been in trial for over a month, the now 33-year-old plaintiff alleges that in the fall of 2009, the surgeon who performed her laparoscopic procedure for an ectopic pregnancy in a Long Island, New York hospital was negligent by perforating her colon dur[...]

Robotic Surgery Injury And Death Rates Rising

November 24, 2013

The number of injuries and deaths in the United States as a result of robotic surgery has risen from 13.3 per 100,000 procedures in 2004 to approximately 50 per 100,000 procedures in 2012, according to a draft analysis by physicians at Rush University Medical Center, the University of Illinois, a[...]

Competition For The Da Vinci Surgical System?

July 1, 2013

Robotic surgery represents the newest medical technology. The preeminent robotic surgery system, Intuitive Surgical’s proprietary da Vinci Surgical System, enables surgeons to perform delicate and complex operations through a few tiny incisions with increased vision, precision, dexterity, a[...]

Washington State Verdict In Favor Of Manufacturer Of Da Vinci Surgical Robot

May 24, 2013

On May 23, 2013, a jury in Washington State rendered its verdict in favor of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“Intuitive”), the manufacturer of the robotic surgery equipment known as the da Vinci Surgical System, after a five-week trial during which the plaintiff alleged that Intuitive was�[...]

Ohio Supreme Court: “I Take Full Responsibility For This” Is Inadmissble In Medical Malpractice Case

May 1, 2013

In its decision filed on April 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio (“Ohio Supreme Court”) held that a surgeon’s statement to his patient that “I take full responsibility for this. Everything will be okay” after he performed gall bladder surgery on her that resulted in complica[...]

Da Vinci Robotic Surgery Adverse Events Reported To FDA So Far In 2013

April 14, 2013

The robotic surgery system known as Da Vinci SI Surgical System (“da Vinci”), which is manufactured, sold, and marketed by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“IS”), is being purchased by an increasing number of hospitals throughout the United States and was used in 367,000 surg[...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Cholecystectomy Death

April 1, 2013

On March 27, 2013, the surviving daughter of a woman who died after having a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on April 23, 2010 at a Sante Fe, New Mexico hospital filed a medical malpractice case in the state District Court. The New Mexico medical malpractice claim alleges that the 68-year-old woman c[...]

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