{"id":1447,"date":"2014-04-17T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2014-04-13T20:36:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T02:36:08","slug":"1-million-medical-negligence-jury-verdict-median-nerve-severed-carpal-tunnel-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/1-million-medical-negligence-jury-verdict-median-nerve-severed-carpal-tunnel-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"$1 Million Medical Negligence Jury Verdict Where Median Nerve Was Severed During Carpal Tunnel Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A Will County, Ill., jury entered a $1,066,000 verdict against an orthopedic surgeon, David Burt, M.D.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Virginia Faletti, 82, underwent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/pain-management\/carpal-tunnel\/endoscopic-carpal-tunnel-surgery-for-carpal-tunnel-syndrome\">endoscopic carpal tunnel release surgery <\/a>on her right wrist at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edward.org\/\">Edward Hospital<\/a>.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The surgery was done to relieve pressure on the median nerve because of crowding within the carpal tunnel of the wrist.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Dr. Burt, however, cut the median nerve during the surgery.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>After the procedure, Faletti felt pain and numbness in the right hand and wrist, but Dr. Burt chose not to recognize that he had cut the median nerve.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Instead, Dr. Burt prescribed medicine for the nerve pain as well as a brace and physical therapy, which did not resolve Faletti\u2019s symptoms.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Later, Faletti sought a second opinion and was eventually diagnosed with a transected <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Median_nerve\">median nerve<\/a> by a neurosurgeon.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The neurosurgeon then referred her to a plastic reconstructive surgeon who performed nerve repair surgery. During this procedure, the doctor noted the right median nerve had been completely transected except for one nerve fiber.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/1-million-medical-negligence-jury-verdict-median-nerve-severed-carpal-tunnel-surgery\/#more-1447\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Will County, Ill., jury entered a $1,066,000 verdict against an orthopedic surgeon, David Burt, M.D.\u00a0 Virginia Faletti, 82, underwent endoscopic carpal tunnel release surgery on her right wrist at Edward Hospital.\u00a0 The surgery was done to relieve pressure on the median nerve because of crowding within the carpal tunnel of the wrist.\u00a0 Dr. Burt, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,27,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-experts","category-medical-malpractice","category-surgical-errors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>$1 Million Medical Negligence Jury Verdict Where Median Nerve Was Severed During Carpal Tunnel Surgery  &#8212; 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