surgeon needs two tries to remove apppendix

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I hate when that happens.

 

Posted by: " Betsy Sinkey " westoo   elizabeth_sinkey

Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:29 pm (PDT)

 

surgeon needs two tries to remove appendix

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Wed Apr 22, 7:36 pm ET

SHAKOPEE, Minn. †" A state investigative report said a surgeon

performed an appendectomy on the same patient twice after he mistakenly

removed a piece of fatty tissue instead the first time. The Star Tribune

reported that the surgeon realized his mistake two days after the first

operation after a hospital pathologist reported what was removed was

" not an appendix. "

The patient had been complaining of pain and fever and was ordered back

for a second surgery.

The by now ruptured appendix was removed, after which the unidentified

patient spent 11 days in the hospital with complications from the second

surgery.

The Health Department found no evidence the hospital did anything wrong.

Complaints against doctors are handled by a separate state agency. The

Board of Medical Practice isn't commenting on the case.