On March 28, 2025, a New Jersey woman who was left disfigured after eleven unnecessary surgeries on her left leg settled her claims against the surgeon and the surgery center where the unnecessary surgeries took place (as well as its CEO), for $3.36 million. The defendant surgeon settled the claims against him for $1,260,000 in November 2023, and the remaining defendants settled in March 2025 for $2.1 million.
The woman had gone to the surgeon at New York Surgical Associates on January 27, 2021, complaining of leg swelling that she had been experiencing for 25 years. The surgeon allegedly diagnosed her with arterio-venous malformations and scheduled her for embolization procedures, without ordering an MRI or having evidence to support his diagnosis. The surgeon then performed eleven embolization procedures on the woman over the next eleven months. After the last surgery, the woman developed pain and her left leg turned purple, which the surgeon allegedly told her was a normal post-operative symptom, and then injected her with lidocaine and a nerve block.
The woman then went to a hospital where she was diagnosed with a hematoma and compartment syndrome that was caused by increased pressure within the closed muscle compartment that restricted blood flow and nerve function. The woman underwent an emergent fasciotomy as well as multiple debridement procedures to avoid the need for amputation. Her medical care included a one-month hospitalization and she required multiple surgeries.
The woman presently takes opiates and gabapentin for constant nerve pain, and she will require more surgeries in the future, for peroneal nerve decompression and tarsal tunnel release, followed by excision of skin and surgery to lengthen the tendon. The woman is not expected to regain complete function or feeling in her left leg and she has permanent scarring from the surgeries.
The defendant surgeon reportedly lost his medical license after an investigation by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.
The surgery center states on its website the following benefits that it offers :
- Safe, clean, comfortable and friendly center
- High approval rate in patient satisfaction surveys. i.e. 99% in the last year were extremely satisfied and would recommend our center to others.
- No infection rates
- Talented Caring Surgeons
- Providing close personal attention to all patient’s
- Board Certified Anesthesiologists
“With our board certified and fellowship trained anesthesiologists as well as large network of highly trained, skillful surgeons caring for you each step of the way, you can trust that you are in caring, compassionate, and experienced hands.”
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