Comments on: Patient Sues Surgeon for Removing Wrong Pannus https://gomerblog.com/2014/03/pannus/ Earth's Finest Medical News Site for Healthcare Professionals Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:53:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Tom McFadden https://gomerblog.com/2014/03/pannus/#comment-24791 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 18:57:00 +0000 http://gomerblog.com/?p=4613#comment-24791 Perhaps if the patient didn’t have so many panni then the surgeon couldn’t possibly be confused. You really have to let yourself go to get to that point.

]]> By: Gomerblog https://gomerblog.com/2014/03/pannus/#comment-473 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 21:14:09 +0000 http://gomerblog.com/?p=4613#comment-473 In reply to ZDoggMD.

Yes, new Joint Commission recommendations include marking the pannus to be removed in the supine position to avoid gravity related malpractice lawsuits

]]> By: ZDoggMD https://gomerblog.com/2014/03/pannus/#comment-472 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:20:51 +0000 http://gomerblog.com/?p=4613#comment-472 Wrong-side pannus surgery. My malpractice company gave me a discount for taking an online course on that.

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