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Officials Investigating How Routine Surgery Led to Amputation

By Edward Bills

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The Air Force and others are investigating the circumstances that caused a 20-year-old airman to lose both his legs following a routine gallbladder surgery. According to reports, surgeons failed to adequately repair a large artery after nicking it during surgery. The resulting damage to blood vessels in the legs required amputation. Travis Air Force Base's David Grant Medical Center declined comment except to say that it was investigating a "serious medical incident."

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on July 22, 2009 (boomark / email).

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