17 Year Old Girl Dies After Tonsillectomy

Patients sometimes focus too much on the intricacies and risks of the surgery itself and not realize that subsequent care AFTER surgery may ...

ENT Uses Laser Resulting in Patient Death

In 2010, an ENT used a Sharplan laser with an Omniguide Sidefire Adapter to address a superficial lip hemangioma. The tip of the laser probe...

Julie Andrews and Her "Botched Throat Surgery"

It has already been well-publicized that the former singing sensation Julie Andrews underwent some type of throat surgery in 1997 after whic...

57 Maggots Removed from Woman's Ear

92 years old woman with Alzheimer's was found to have 57 maggots in her ear sparking a lawsuit. Read more from media reports. Beyond th...

Is Patient Abandonment in the Operating Room Ever Justified?

I ask this question mainly because there WAS an ENT who WAS sued for NOT abandoning his patient in the operating room [ link ]. No way to v...

ENT Surgeon Sues Spine Surgeon for Wrong Sided Surgery

Wrong sided surgery is extremely rare occurring anywhere from 0.09 to 4.5 per 10,000 surgeries performed. It is almost unheard of when the p...

Problem with Medical Protocols (and Lawsuits Because of Them)

Over the past decade working in hospitals, I've seen the proliferation of "established procedures and protocols" for literally...

Deaths Associated with Codeine Usage in Young Kids

For decades, surgeons have provided young children with prescriptions for pain control after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy surgery, m...

Sinus Surgery Lawsuit Ruled Against ENT

A patient who had undergone endoscopic sinus surgery suffered detachment of the extraocular muscle resulting in double vision that required...

Sleep Apnea Surgery Malpractice Lawsuit

In November 2009, a patient underwent multi-level surgery to treat her mild-moderate obstructive sleep apnea by a Houston, TX otolaryngolog...