The removal of varicose veins is typically a really easy procedure with very low risks and few side effects. This is particularly true when the method of varicose vein removal is a non-invasive and efficient method such as VNUS Closure Fast.
And you would think that it would be particularly true when working with doctors at a prestigious medical center such as Duke. However, mistakes can happen anywhere and that was the case recently at Duke when a number of different patients found themselves harmed by surgical instruments that were mistakently washed in elevator hydraulic fluid.
Vein treatment patients are among those who are suing Duke because of the harm caused to them as a result of this big mistake. Surgeries for other patients that were affected ranged from appendectomies to circumcision. Eighteen patients are involved in the lawsuit but Duke has settled with approximately 60 others who were harmed in the accident.
Question of the Day: How common is a mistake such as the one that impacted varicose vein treatment patients and others at Duke recently?
