Comments on: See No Evil-Speak No Evil http://www.meyersmedmal.com/blog/2010/01/see-no-evil-speak-no-evil/ Medical Malpractice Law From The Lawyer's Perspective Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:59:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jerry Meyers http://www.meyersmedmal.com/blog/2010/01/see-no-evil-speak-no-evil/#comment-27 Jerry Meyers Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:39:07 +0000 http://www.malpracticelawfirm.net/?p=220#comment-27 The findings were occult because they had not been recognized. Assuming they would have been detected by physical exam when by definition they had not been otherwise discovered is an illogical and dangerous assumption. The findings were occult because they had not been recognized. Assuming they would have been detected by physical exam when by definition they had not been otherwise discovered is an illogical and dangerous assumption.

]]> By: e http://www.meyersmedmal.com/blog/2010/01/see-no-evil-speak-no-evil/#comment-19 e Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:11:55 +0000 http://www.malpracticelawfirm.net/?p=220#comment-19 "However, 68 patients exhibited incidental findings such as nodules or cysts in the lungs or liver. There’s the rub." Yes that is the rub - exactly. Those 68 patients underwent risky biopsies to determine their findings were incidental. That amounts to 68 unnecessarily-richer surgeons and 68 potential adverse reactions to anesthesia! If I were a surgeon, I would not be ethically comfortable with a ratio of 68 /401. It's not OK when the screening itself leads to follow-up scans, invasive biopsies and surgeries that cause sickness and maybe even death in people who were not at risk in the first place. Clearly there needs to be a better criteria for screening only the people in a risk group who may benefit the most. “However, 68 patients exhibited incidental findings such as nodules or cysts in the lungs or liver. There’s the rub.”

Yes that is the rub – exactly. Those 68 patients underwent risky biopsies to determine their findings were incidental. That amounts to 68 unnecessarily-richer surgeons and 68 potential adverse reactions to anesthesia! If I were a surgeon, I would not be ethically comfortable with a ratio of 68 /401.

It’s not OK when the screening itself leads to follow-up scans, invasive biopsies and surgeries that cause sickness and maybe even death in people who were not at risk in the first place. Clearly there needs to be a better criteria for screening only the people in a risk group who may benefit the most.

]]> By: e http://www.meyersmedmal.com/blog/2010/01/see-no-evil-speak-no-evil/#comment-18 e Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:59:44 +0000 http://www.malpracticelawfirm.net/?p=220#comment-18 Out of the 12 with clinically significant imaging findings, how many of these findings could have been detected via a GP checkup not involving high doses of radiation? Out of the 12 with clinically significant imaging findings, how many of these findings could have been detected via a GP checkup not involving high doses of radiation?

]]> By: Jerry Meyers http://www.meyersmedmal.com/blog/2010/01/see-no-evil-speak-no-evil/#comment-17 Jerry Meyers Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:21:39 +0000 http://www.malpracticelawfirm.net/?p=220#comment-17 you need to to communicate with lawyers in a less public forum. You can reach my law firm through contact information appearing at our <a href="hppt://www.meyersmedmal.com" rel="nofollow">website</a>. you need to to communicate with lawyers in a less public forum. You can reach my law firm through contact information appearing at our website.

]]> By: Renee Turner http://www.meyersmedmal.com/blog/2010/01/see-no-evil-speak-no-evil/#comment-16 Renee Turner Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:47:10 +0000 http://www.malpracticelawfirm.net/?p=220#comment-16 I would like someone, to help find some answer for my family please! Last August my father was diag with panceratic cancer. Through out his treatments ne was told there were no other tumors. On November 25,2009 his bowels reputered. To make this short we found out after surgery was attempted, htat there were many tumors in his stomach. His oncologist stated that there were no other tumors. Someone please..... Help my family find some peace.... I would like someone, to help find some answer for my family please! Last August my father was diag with panceratic cancer. Through out his treatments ne was told there were no other tumors. On November 25,2009 his bowels reputered. To make this short we found out after surgery was attempted, htat there were many tumors in his stomach. His oncologist stated that there were no other tumors. Someone please….. Help my family find some peace….

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