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Colonoscopy Perforation Results in $12 Million Verdict

By Gerry Oginski

The Chatanooga Free Times reported that a woman undergoing colonoscopy suffered an unrecognized perforation. Later that day, she was throwing up and called the doctor's office. Her doctor prescribed her anti-nausea medicine instead of bringing her back into the office or sending her to an emergency room.

"A 30-year-old interior designer at the time, Ms. Freeman scheduled an appointment with Dr. Goodman for April 27, 2006, to have a colonoscopy and upper endoscopy. By 5 p.m. the same day as the procedures, Ms. Freeman was experiencing extreme pain and constantly throwing up. She called Dr. Goodman?s office, her attorneys said, but was only given a prescription for anti-nausea medication, the lawsuit states.

The next morning, her attorneys say, Ms. Freeman called Dr. Goodman?s office to complain again of her symptoms, which ultimately led to his recommendation that she go to Erlanger to have X-rays performed.

By the time she reached Erlanger on April 28, 2006, Ms. Freeman was ?so weak that she required use of a wheelchair,? the lawsuit states.

As a direct result of the complications of the endoscopy and colonoscopy, the lawsuit states, Ms. Freeman suffered cardiopulmonary arrest and severe brain damage ?which has resulted in permanent and total disability,? the lawsuit says."

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Full post as published by New York Medical Malpractice Blog on May 05, 2009 (boomark / email).