{"id":1884,"date":"2014-11-17T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2014-11-16T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T20:21:15","slug":"2-13-million-jury-verdict-negligent-use-synthetic-mesh-hernia-repair-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/2-13-million-jury-verdict-negligent-use-synthetic-mesh-hernia-repair-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"$2.13 Million Jury Verdict for Negligent Use of Synthetic Mesh in Hernia Repair Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara Watt underwent a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/digestive-disorders\/hiatal-hernia\">hiatal hernia<\/a> repair surgery. The procedure was carried out by general surgeon Dr. Cimenga Tshibaka, and it was unsuccessful. Dr. Tshibaka performed a second surgery, this time using a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/MedicalDevices\/ProductsandMedicalProcedures\/ImplantsandProsthetics\/HerniaSurgicalMesh\/default.htm\">synthetic surgical mesh<\/a>. The second surgery was about 2 weeks after the first.<\/p>\n<p>The following month, Watt was diagnosed as having an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/ency\/article\/000231.htm\">esophageal leak<\/a>, which required nine additional surgeries to, among other things, remove the synthetic mesh that had eroded into her esophagus.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of these many surgeries, Watt must now eat slowly and in limited amounts. She must also wear special undergarments due to scarring and is unable to bend over to lift more than 5 pounds. She also missed time from her job as a financial operations specialist where she was earning $21 per hour.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/2-13-million-jury-verdict-negligent-use-synthetic-mesh-hernia-repair-operation\/#more-1884\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara Watt underwent a hiatal hernia repair surgery. The procedure was carried out by general surgeon Dr. Cimenga Tshibaka, and it was unsuccessful. Dr. Tshibaka performed a second surgery, this time using a synthetic surgical mesh. The second surgery was about 2 weeks after the first. 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