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Tue Jul 21 15:08:03 BST 2009

True, but doesn't explain legs but no arms

I think Norman is exactly right, Trochar or insufflation needle in Aorta and then inability to deal with it

R Wigle MD FACS

--- On Mon, 7/20/09, nappio at aol.com <nappio at aol.com> wrote:

From: nappio at aol.com <nappio at aol.com>
Subject: Re: Airman Loses Legs in Botched Gallbladder Surgery,
To: "Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Date: Monday, July 20, 2009, 8:55 PM

A well meaning assistant with a lot of torque holding the gallbladder with graspers up over the liver could easily push the grasper thru the heart if it slipped off.dn
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-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Wigle MD FACS <rlwigle at yahoo.com>

Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:19:14 
To: Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]<trauma-list at trauma.org>
Subject: Re: Airman Loses Legs in Botched Gallbladder Surgery,

I'm even more interested in how one gets to the aortic valve from the abdomen without passing through the heart

But it is Fox news

Actually if he is unstable he is better off being medically retired rather than dead-- dead on active duty gets you essentially a lump sum (and whatever you get from the lawsuit) whereas dead once retired gets your spouse benefits for life. Strange but true

R Wigle MD FACS
LTC ret

--- On Mon, 7/20/09, Jose Luis Danguilan <jdanguilan at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jose Luis Danguilan <jdanguilan at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Airman Loses Legs in Botched Gallbladder Surgery,
To: "Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Date: Monday, July 20, 2009, 3:48 PM

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
>
> *
> Lorick Fox, MPAS, PA-C
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