Overlapping surgeries is a practice that has been used for many years by healthcare providers (such as hospitals and surgical centers). This practice generally refers to situations where one lead attending surgeon is...more
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is known to result in long-term functional and cognitive deficits. However, the influence of exposure to surgery and anesthesia on TBI outcomes remains uncertain, despite previous associations...more
On 6 July 2023, Lonergan J found in favour of Dr Harrison (Defendant), in a complex bariatric surgery case brought by Katrina Polsen (Plaintiff). A full decision can be read here. BACKGROUND - On 22 July 2013, the Plaintiff...more
Medical experts are rethinking obesity, one of the major harms to Americans’ health. After investigating why heavy patients after bariatric surgeries lose significant weight — and tend to keep it off — researchers have...more
The FDA recently approved LimaCorporate’s fully 3D-printed glenoid baseplate and humeral stem for use in reverse shoulder replacement....more
Cancer is unfortunately a common medical condition that affects many people in this country. It affects children, adolescents, and adults. The types of cancer that affect each age group can vary widely. Cancer itself can also...more
With tech, you pretty much know that each new generation of smart phone or laptop is going to be better: faster processing, better screen resolution, more apps -- more of everything. Medical care doesn't work that way. ...more
A pain management practice that employs a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) to provide anesthesia services in both an office location and an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) owned, in part, by the physician-owner...more
As the nation rapidly grays, not only are middle-aged and older patients undergoing increasing numbers of knee, hip, ankle, and shoulder surgeries, back operations also have spiked - and a significant number of these...more
On September 15, 2021, OIG posted Advisory Opinion 21-12, regarding a proposed arrangement involving a program to offer certain free items and services to patients who experience specific complications after undergoing...more
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication to remind patients and health care providers that the safety and effectiveness of robotically-assisted surgical (RAS) devices for use in...more
On July 7, 2021 Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 21-135 (the “Act”). The Act, among other things, makes a revision to the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) statutes allowing DDS regional or...more
On June 16, 2021, Morris James LLP filed a lawsuit against Aziyo Biologics, Inc. (Aziyo) and Medtronic entities (Medtronic) on behalf of Delawarean, Richard Williams after he became infected with tuberculosis after spine...more
Thanks to defective hernia mesh implants, not all hernia repair surgeries go as planned. The patients who received defective mesh often end up in worse shape than they were before surgery and, sometimes, have to undergo an...more
The First Department has limited the role of testimony as to custom and practice in establishing what a defendant physician did in a specific instance in medical malpractice cases in Guido v. Fielding, 190 A.D.3d 49 (2020)....more
Last week, the Court of Appeals reinforced the importance of the statutory presumption that a doctor has obtained valid informed consent. The Hauser v. Brookview Women’s Center court affirmed the trial court’s instruction on...more
Texas: On July 9 Governor Abbott issued a Proclamation (the Proclamation) amending Executive Order GA-27. The Proclamation expands the number of counties required to postpone all non-essential surgeries and procedures...more
On March 23, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order 109 ordering that all elective surgeries performed on adults be suspended in the state after 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27 in light of the COVID-19...more
The past couple of days, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the Texas Medical Board (TMB) have announced initiatives applicable to Texas hospitals designed to combat the COVID-19 crisis...more
On March 19, Governor Doug Ducey issued an executive order delaying “all nonessential or elective surgeries, including elective dental surgeries, that utilize personal protective equipment or ventilators” with the purpose of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 23, 2019, District Judge Rosemary Marquez ruled, in connection with a motion to dismiss, that Title VII does protect discrimination based on a person’s transgender status, and that a health...more
A big Boston hospital has offered 13 million and one ways to try to make good with a former orthopedic surgeon who assailed the respected institution and colleagues for performing simultaneous operations in which doctors went...more
Angry women, anxious that officials were failing to protect their health, besieged a federal Food and Drug Administration hearing in the spring. That unusual outcry may have helped push regulators off their bureaucratic...more
The Seventh Amendment guarantees a right to a jury trial in cases arising under the common law. But even that fundamental right can be waived if not properly asserted in the lower court....more
FDA authority to crack down on illegally marketed stem cell treatments confirmed - On 3 June a U.S. District Court in Florida issued a decisive blow against US Stem Cell Clinic LLC, granting the U.S. Food and Drug...more