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Mon Jul 20 21:48:53 BST 2009

Must be the aorta but I can't imagine such a mishap happening. There may be
other issues but being a young patient (20 years old), I don't really know.

Jose Luis J. Danguilan, MD

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Lorick Fox, PA-C <Lorick at lorick.org> wrote:

>  I admit this isn't exactly trauma, but I am not clear how you get into
> the AO from gallbladder
>
>  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534050,00.html
>
>
> *A Texas Airman stationed at an Air Force Base near Sacramento, Calif. has
> lost both legs after surgeons reportedly botched a routine surgery to remove
> his gallbladder.
>
> *Colton Read, 20, underwent laproscopic surgery last week at David Grant
> Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento. Laproscopic surgery
> is a minimally invasive procedure that involves making a tiny incision to
> minimize pain and speed recovery time.
>
> About an hour into the surgery, something went wrong. Read's wife Jessica
> told CBS11TV.com.
>
> "A nurse runs out, 'we need blood now' and she rounds the corner and my gut
> feelings is 'oh my God, is that my husband?'" Jessica Read said. Read's wife
> said an Air Force general surgeon mistakenly cut her husband's aortic valve,
> which supplies blood to the heart, but waited hours to transport Colton Read
> to a state hospital with a vascular surgeon.
>
> Read, who is still in intensive care, lost both legs as a result of the
> blood loss. Meanwhile, his gallbladder still has not been removed. Jessica
> Read said the doctor admitted his mistake, but under federal law the Reads
> cannot sue.
>
> The future of Colton Read's career is now uncertain, FOX 40 in Sacramento
> reported<http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-news-airman,0,4446243.story>
> .
>
> Jessica Read told FOX 40 she is appalled that the Air Force is even
> considering medical retirement or medical discharge while Airman Read is
> incapable of making any type of decision. She said he is not 100 percent
> lucid and is still heavily medicated.
>
> The Air Force is conducting a review of the case using outside experts.
>
>  *Lorick
>
> *
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