A local man is fighting for his life after an alleged botched surgery; now he’s suing the doctor from the University of Washington Medicine (UW Medicine) and the state. The suit alleges that a simple ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The most common emergency surgical procedure in the U.S. is an appendectomy - removal of the appendix. But now there's mounting evidence that some patients can avoid or delay ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — By the time Kamiya Dufermeau got to the emergency room in Birmingham, she was fighting for her life. Just weeks earlier, she’d undergone a routine appendectomy at Children’s ...
A man is suing Washington surgeons, accusing them of removing a different organ during his appendix surgery. Complaint A Washington man who had surgery for an urgent appendix removal learned his ...
For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, ...