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Utah County (Utah) Fourth District Court

A 31-year-old woman had a diseased right ovary that caused severe dysplasia, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and right side pelvic pain. She underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy with right salpingo-oophorectomy. In his postoperative report the physician admitted to removing the wrong ovary; an ultrasound revealed that the diseased ovary remained. Another physician surgically removed the ovary, which contained a benign hemorrhagic cyst and prominent fibrous adhesions.

  • A confidential settlement was reached.
The cases in this column are selected by the editors of OBG Management from Medical Malpractice Verdicts, Settlements & Experts, with permission of the editor, Lewis Laska, of Nashville, Tenn (www.verdictslaska.com). While there are instances when the available information is incomplete, these cases represent the types of clinical situations that typically result in litigation.
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Utah County (Utah) Fourth District Court

A 31-year-old woman had a diseased right ovary that caused severe dysplasia, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and right side pelvic pain. She underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy with right salpingo-oophorectomy. In his postoperative report the physician admitted to removing the wrong ovary; an ultrasound revealed that the diseased ovary remained. Another physician surgically removed the ovary, which contained a benign hemorrhagic cyst and prominent fibrous adhesions.

  • A confidential settlement was reached.
The cases in this column are selected by the editors of OBG Management from Medical Malpractice Verdicts, Settlements & Experts, with permission of the editor, Lewis Laska, of Nashville, Tenn (www.verdictslaska.com). While there are instances when the available information is incomplete, these cases represent the types of clinical situations that typically result in litigation.

Utah County (Utah) Fourth District Court

A 31-year-old woman had a diseased right ovary that caused severe dysplasia, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and right side pelvic pain. She underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy with right salpingo-oophorectomy. In his postoperative report the physician admitted to removing the wrong ovary; an ultrasound revealed that the diseased ovary remained. Another physician surgically removed the ovary, which contained a benign hemorrhagic cyst and prominent fibrous adhesions.

  • A confidential settlement was reached.
The cases in this column are selected by the editors of OBG Management from Medical Malpractice Verdicts, Settlements & Experts, with permission of the editor, Lewis Laska, of Nashville, Tenn (www.verdictslaska.com). While there are instances when the available information is incomplete, these cases represent the types of clinical situations that typically result in litigation.
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