Medicolegal

Disastrous Team Training and Handoff Management, With Invited Discussion by John Baker,...

A woman in her 50s underwent LYRGB with a 21 EEA circular stapler. A first day blue dye test per...

A Leak Event Compounded, With Invited Discussion by Eric DeMaria, MD

A woman in her 40s underwent LRYGB, with negative end-procedure endoscopic findings for a leak, and a negative swallow study...

LAGB: A Case With Fatal Pitfalls in Post-Discharge Management

A male in his 50s underwent LAGB with discharge the next day.  Later in the day he reported substernal and...

DVT Prophylaxis That Wasn’t, a Fatal Story

A male in his 60s, with obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia underwent LRYGB. As per protocol he spent the...

Post Op Bowel Obstruction

A claim was made against a general surgeon who performed a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass using a 25mm EEA stapler...

ASMBS Position Statement on Qualifications of Expert Witnesses in Bariatric Surgery Medicolegal...

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