… case involves a 38-year-old female patient who underwent a laminectomy with disc fusion to remove the back of 4 vertebrae. As advised, she …
LAMINECTOMY EXPERT WITNESS CASE STUDIES
… Orthopedic Surgeon was sued for an incomplete laminectomy of his patient’s spine, as an attempt to remedy a disk extrusion …
… infection as well as abnormal fluid posterior to the laminectomy, and the man was discharged to rehab. The patient was then …
… patient underwent a decompressing cervical laminectomy. A hemovac drain was placed in the epidural space. The next day the …
… still in place. The treating physician recommended a laminectomy to alleviate the paralysis. However, the patient does not have …
This case involves a fifty-five-year-old male patient who underwent a holmium laser enucleation and total prostatectomy procedure and suffered many adverse complications. The patient complained of postoperative leg weakness, with the limited ability to amb …
… the L3-L4 spinal fusion, a L4-L5 spinal fusion, and an L5 laminectomy. The operative note stated that all phases of the procedure were …
… the late 1980’s, right elbow surgery in 1996, a lumbar laminectomy for L5 in 1996, and an appendectomy in 2001. Patient has a …
A 50-year-old male presents to his primary care physician with complaints of lower back pain for an extended time and was subsequently referred to an orthopedic for consultation at which time surgery was recommended. The surgical report states patient had …