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Man Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit after Doctors Leave Device in his Knee

By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

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A man says he suffered 10 weeks of pain and stiffness before his doctors discovered that they had left a broken device in his knee during his surgery. The man has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit after the event and is suing for unspecified damages. He also names an orthopedic and sports medicine center in the malpractice lawsuit and the hospital where the surgery was performed. An x-ray performed after two months after his surgery showed a ?foreign body? in his knee. The medical malpractice lawsuit states that the doctor performed follow-up surgery the next day and removed what looked like a broken surgical device from the victim?s knee. To learn more about the malpractice lawsuit, please click the link.

Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on January 13, 2010 (boomark / email).

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