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In one case, a facial fire occurred involving the ESU active electrode in an oxygen-enriched environment. In the second case, inadvertent activation of the ESU ignited bone cement being used in an orthopedic procedure…
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Continue ReadingElectrosurgical Units, Safety Issues, and the Risk of Surgical Fires
No matter the hospital or practice, operating room issues are bound to arise. In some cases, those issues can become huge detriments to the safety of both patients and surgical
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – A Toledo plastic surgeon was arrested by the FBI on Friday, facing charges of Illegally Dispensing Controlled Substances, Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking. 49-year-old Dr. Manish
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Smoke rose in curls of green laser light, quickly filling the mock operating room and fogging the air around a mannequin patient. Dr. Scott Augustine, a controversial medical entrepreneur and
Maureen Pacheco, 53, of Florida, had suffered lower back pain for years after a car accident She went to Wellington Regional Medical Center to have lower back bones fused After
Madera Community Hospital has been fined by the state for a surgery on the wrong side of the body of a patient that led to a delay in the targeted
Continue ReadingCancer surgery was on wrong side of colon. State fines Madera hospital for the error
By Kathleen McGrory, Neil Bedi Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital broke Florida law by failing to tell regulators about two serious medical errors, according to a state report. The report,
Continue ReadingAll Children’s Hospital never told state about surgical needle left in baby