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• Surgical Infections Linked To Problems Long Term, Increased Mortality: Study

  November 12, 2019

  Martha Garcia

  New research highlights the long-term risks linked to surgical infections, indicating that postoperative infections within the first 30 days after...

• Bariatric Surgery Complications Often Accompany Weight Loss

  September 9, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Researchers report that surgical procedures designed to help people lose weight can result in the loss of plenty of pounds,...

• Gallbladder Surgery Malpractice Lawsuit Results in $1.1M Jury Award

  September 13, 2010

  Staff Writers

  A Maryland woman was awarded $1.1 million last month for medical malpractice during a gallbladder removal surgery that resulted in...

• Maryland Surgery Malpractice Lawsuit Results in $3.5M Verdict

  May 21, 2010

  Staff Writers

  A Maryland jury has awarded a woman $3.5 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed over a surgical mistake that...

• VA Hospital Surgery Deaths Lead to Limitations At Some Facilities

  May 11, 2010

  Staff Writers

  The Veterans Affairs Department has downgraded the complexity of surgeries that five VA hospitals are allowed to perform following an...

• Damage Cap for Georgia Malpractice Lawsuits Struck Down

  March 24, 2010

  Staff Writers

  The Georgia Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that limits placed on medical malpractice lawsuit awards in Georgia violate the state...

• St. Joseph Hospital in Maryland Implanted Heart Stents That May Not Have Been Needed

  January 15, 2010

  AboutLawsuits

  St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Maryland, has sent letters to hundreds of patients after discovering that a former doctor...