Surgeon removes woman's hip 'by mistake'
Published: 15 Jun 12 08:18 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/41458/20120615/
An experienced surgeon in Gävle in eastern Sweden mistakenly removed the entire hip joint of a healthy 30-year-old woman and left it on the operating table during what was supposed to be a minor procedure to remove a small growth in the hip area.
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The 30-year-old woman was having surgery to remove a small growth of bone close to her hip, apart from which she was completely healthy, wrote the paper.
But instead of just removing the growth, the surgeon allegedly chiseled away the entire hip joint, and put it on the operating table before the mistake was discovered.
The surgeon and the other physicians who were called in to try to solve the problem then attempted to re-attach the joint with metal plates and screws.
However, the woman developed an infection from the procedure and the hip never healed properly, causing doctors to later have to fit her with a prosthesis.
A spokesperson for the hospital’s orthopedic section, Åsa Linnea Davidsson, told Aftonbladet that the surgeon is devastated with the mistake, which was explained as a “misjudgement regarding the woman’s anatomy”, according to the paper.
“I deeply regret what has happened. It is a very serious health care injury,” she told Aftonbladet.
The incident has been reported to the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen), in accordance with Lex Maria, the informal name for regulations governing the reporting of injuries or incidents in the Swedish health care system.
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Nothing more or less will do. She has many years ahead of her and I hate to imagine what complications may arise in the future.
The surgeon deserves a written warning but that should be all. He'll learn from this I believe and go on to do more good deed.
I don't believe you think this man should just get a written warning, have yoiu any idea what he has done.
The patient is only 30 years of age, artificial hips at present only last about 10 years so she has many surgeries ahead of her.
He removed a perfectly healthy hip, that is really scary, would you be happy for him to operate on you ? I know I wouldn't want him him near me.
He should never be allowed near an operating theatre again and should be sacked.
In all fairness, I have recently consulted a private specialist in Norway and despite it costing me an arm an a leg, the level of service was, frankly, atrocious. So maybe it's not just Sweden?
From my experience in the US (I worked as a research assistant at a university hospital), sometimes the other staff are too afraid that they'll lose their jobs. My boss was often called in as an expert witness when someone was trying to prove that the nurse (s) should have said something ...
Residents were not happy about this, but EVIL bureaucrats kept her on. Since in Sweden, she's been reported at least seven times, including once for removing the wrong tendons and bone. Another time (which country?), she became angry during a surgery and walked out during the middle of an operation.
This mad woman was employed in Gävleborg among other places. Is this butcher the surgeon in question?
dn.se/nyheter/sverige/skandallakare-har-varnats-av-hsan-i-sverige
There's more to this story than TL is giving us here..
LOL, ........ you've done it again. :)