Nash & Associates: Case Under Investigation
Loss of Fertility – misdiagnosis leads to unnecessary hysterectomy
Case Facts: Our client is a young woman, who reported to the health care providers at a clinic that she was having pelvic pain. She was referred to a gynecologist in that area for further work-up, evaluation and intervention, if needed.
She immediately saw this physician, who performed a biopsy. Our client was engaged to be married when these events were occurring. Our client and her fiancé then met with the physician to go over the results of the biopsy and treatment options. They were told that the biopsy showed that she had cancer and the only treatment option (other than no treatment) was a hysterectomy.
Fearing that no-treatment meant eventual death to cancer, she, in consultation with her fiancé, decided to proceed with the hysterectomy. The couple proceeded to get married a few weeks later since the husband was in the military and was being sent to the war zone in Iraq.
Approximately four months later, still suffering from the same pelvic pains that led her to undergo the recommended hysterectomy, this young lady, now a new wife, sought out a different gynecologist. She brought her past medical records, including the biopsy report, to her new physician. To her horror, she learned that she never had cancer. She was suffering from endometriosis, which was treatable by a drug (Lupron). She is now pain free from the effects of her endometriosis.
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Again, the above ‘cases under investigation’ are just that – under investigation. At Nash & Associates, we recognize that bad results can occur even when the medical care is totally proper. We believe it is our ethical duty to our clients to totally and properly investigate these matters to identify those cases in which tragic outcomes are the result of negligence. While we attempt to initially screen incoming matters to determine which may have merit, the final determination to proceed to a lawsuit is not made unless and until we are satisfied, through proper investigation and qualified expert consultation. that a valid malpractice case exists. Of course, the ultimate determination of the validity of a case lies with the jurors who must unanimously agree that our assessment was correct.
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