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[cittykat]

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Wonder if she had blocks and if she had the correct leg blocked.

Ohio Woman Sues Hospital After Wrong Leg Is Amputated

Sharon Jacks, 74, said she went into surgery for the amputation of her lower right leg last year, but her left leg was removed instead. She has accused Selby General Hospital of negligence.

www.nytimes.com

https://interactive.10tv.com/pdfs/Complaint_Amputee.pdf

 

[NICMAN]

res ipsa loquitur

 

[skougess]

These kind of cases are always wild to me. Wasn’t it obvious which leg was infected/gangrenous and needed to come off?? I’m not saying I’m above mistakes, I just don’t understand how this even happens.

 

[psychbender]

These kind of cases are always wild to me. Wasn’t it obvious which leg was infected/gangrenous and needed to come off?? I’m not saying I’m above mistakes, I just don’t understand how this even happens.

A year before I arrived at my first place, they had a wrong site surgery for an amputation. At first, I had the same reaction. Apparently, both feet were horrible, but the right was slightly worse and deemed unsalvageable (the left only likely unsalvageable). She ended up getting both lopped off, which was going to be the outcome anyway, followed by the usual death by a thousand cuts of vascular surgery's endless revisions and moving farther and farther up the legs.

 

[PainDrain]

Reminds me of a joke. What is the mascot for vascular surgery?

Spoiler

 

[Ronin786]

A year before I arrived at my first place, they had a wrong site surgery for an amputation. At first, I had the same reaction. Apparently, both feet were horrible, but the right was slightly worse and deemed unsalvageable (the left only likely unsalvageable). She ended up getting both lopped off, which was going to be the outcome anyway, followed by the usual death by a thousand cuts of vascular surgery's endless revisions and moving farther and farther up the legs.

Or the poly trauma with all their limbs bandaged and multiple ORs planned with an old site marking still on the splint.

 

[Lab Lover]

Reminds me of a joke. What is the mascot for vascular surgery?

Spoiler

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[Gern Blansten]

Wonder if she had blocks and if she had the correct leg blocked.

Ohio Woman Sues Hospital After Wrong Leg Is Amputated

Sharon Jacks, 74, said she went into surgery for the amputation of her lower right leg last year, but her left leg was removed instead. She has accused Selby General Hospital of negligence.

www.nytimes.com

https://interactive.10tv.com/pdfs/Complaint_Amputee.pdf

I heard that this case got dismissed yesterday by a judge. Apparently, she still also had to get the other leg amputated. The judge correctly noted that she didn't have a leg to stand on.

 

[amyl]

Not my case but the wrong knee was operated on at a prior hospital where I worked. Luckily she needed both knees done so no harm was done and no compensation was warranted

 

[Gator7]

A year before I arrived at my first place, they had a wrong site surgery for an amputation. At first, I had the same reaction. Apparently, both feet were horrible, but the right was slightly worse and deemed unsalvageable (the left only likely unsalvageable). She ended up getting both lopped off, which was going to be the outcome anyway, followed by the usual death by a thousand cuts of vascular surgery's endless revisions and moving farther and farther up the legs.

Yep used to be a running joke in residency. We had so many patients that we would initially preop for the toe amp and then foot, bka, aka, hip disarticulation. Then finally we would code them on the floor.

Every time we got a new toe amp it would be “uh oh here we go again!”

 

[cittykat]

Yep used to be a running joke in residency. We had so many patients that we would initially preop for the toe amp and then foot, bka, aka, hip disarticulation. Then finally we would code them on the floor.

Every time we got a new toe amp it would be “uh oh here we go again!”

Fem-pop-chop-chop-chop….

 

[cittykat]

I heard that this case got dismissed yesterday by a judge. Apparently, she still also had to get the other leg amputated. The judge correctly noted that she didn't have a leg to stand on.

Do you have a reference? The indication for the amputation was reportedly squamous cell carcinoma of the right leg.

Ohio Woman Sues Hospital After Wrong Leg Is Amputated

Sharon Jacks, 74, said she went into surgery for the amputation of her lower right leg last year, but her left leg was removed instead. She has accused Selby General Hospital of negligence.

www.nytimes.com

“On Sept. 19, 2025, Ms. Jacks agreed to have her lower right leg amputated after her doctor recommended the procedure as part of a treatment plan for a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, Mr. Layne said.”

 

[Gern Blansten]

Do you have a reference? The indication for the amputation was reportedly squamous cell carcinoma of the right leg.

Ohio Woman Sues Hospital After Wrong Leg Is Amputated

Sharon Jacks, 74, said she went into surgery for the amputation of her lower right leg last year, but her left leg was removed instead. She has accused Selby General Hospital of negligence.

www.nytimes.com

“On Sept. 19, 2025, Ms. Jacks agreed to have her lower right leg amputated after her doctor recommended the procedure as part of a treatment plan for a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, Mr. Layne said.”

Here is a useful reference:

 

[Iso4ane]

Reminds me of a joke. What is the mascot for vascular surgery?

https://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/03/seamus.gif