Re: Medicaly what went wrong????

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Things happen and everybody reacts differently to medical
procedures. There are no guarantees in law and in medicine
because nobody can predicte the outcome. It sounds like you
had a competent team of doctors, there were complications and
you had an unfortunate outcome, however, there is no way that
anyone can predict all possible side effects and outcomes.

IMHO: There are no grounds for malpractice.

On 3/25/05, Bob B wrote:
> In 2003,I had to have my bladder removed. My surgery was
> done by a team of 4 Drs. as was to take between 8 to 10
> hrs, and I would be hospitalized for about 10 to 12 days
> before going home. The surgery ended up taking 14 hrs. and
> my hospital stay was 19 days. After the surgery, I had
> a "total numbness" from my lower back, to my upper thigh
> area. Because of this "total numbness" I was not able to
> return to work and was granted "Permanent Disability"by
> the State of N.J.. I was refered to a Neurologist by the
> sugeon and he dianosed the problem as being nerves that
> were cut during the surgery. Before making my decision and
> discussing all the pitfalls of the operation with my
> surgeon before hand, many things were mentioned that might
> be a problem after, but it was never mentioned to me that
> I might end up with anything like having this numbness of
> being disabled. It this a ground for a Malpractice suit,
> being I was never informed of this possibility?????