Saturday, November 14, 2009

Virginia Beach Medical Malpractice Attorney: Making the Best of the Worst Situation

By Christopher Beachum

When its summer time, everyone wants to be at Virginia Beach. Tourist and residents alike all have one thing in common. They want to look their best at the beach. Some of these people may be obese and opt to take the shortcut, gastric bypass surgery. This operation reduces stomach size by 90%, what could go wrong with that?

When successful the results provide instant weight loss and can be kept off with a proper diet. Heres where things start to get hairy... Only 50% of people who undergo gastric bypass surgery keep the weight off after 5 years. For all of the people attempting this surgery here are your risk and chance of getting them:

2% - Major wound infection 20% - Incisional Hernia 12% - Stomal Stenosis 9% - Ulcer 2% - Gallstones .5% - Blood clots in the lungs 1.5% - Leak from the hookup/peritonitis 1% - Death

Taking all of that into consideration your 50% success rate turns into a horrible 3.2xe^-12 (.0000000000032%) chance of a complete success. No weight gained back after surgery, no side effects at all seen, just a complete success. Some people learned the risks the hard way...

In 2008 two sons in New York had their mother die of liver failure due to malnutrition. The mother was 36 and had her intestines rerouted and her stomach stapled to only contain two tablespoons of food. Why a doctor O.K.'d this surgery is morally unjust, plus it was stated that she was not in the right health as it was to undergo any surgery of its kind. The boys were awarded $16.8 million in losses.

More locally, a Virginia Beach resident had the surgery. The surgery was improperly performed and it required an additional two surgeries to fix the doctors mistakes. The doctors medical malpractice cost him $500,000 and his career. As for the resident numerous scares are left on her body reminding her every day of what could go wrong.

Wither this has happen to you or not, being prepared to face the situation makes your decision in the tough time an easier one. Make sure you have a Virginia Beach Medical Malpractice Attorney fight along side of you to be compensated for these unjust crimes.

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