{"id":2374,"date":"2016-01-26T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2016-08-30T16:19:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T21:19:46","slug":"4-09-million-jury-verdict-misdiagnosis-gastric-outlet-obstruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/4-09-million-jury-verdict-misdiagnosis-gastric-outlet-obstruction\/","title":{"rendered":"$4.09 Million Jury Verdict in Misdiagnosis of Gastric Outlet Obstruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeannette Collins, 46, complained of abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea. She underwent testing, including a CT scan, at a hospital emergency room. The scan revealed a small <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/digestive-disorders\/tc\/bowel-obstruction-topic-overview\">bowel obstruction.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>General surgeons Dr. Ahmad Nuriddin and Dr. Manohar Nallathambi performed surgery on Collins during which they identified a purported <a href=\"http:\/\/emedicine.medscape.com\/article\/190621-overview\">gastric outlet obstruction<\/a>. Because of that blockage, a second procedure was done, which severed a nerve to reduce the reduction of acid. As a consequence of the surgery gone bad, Collins developed paralysis of the stomach and intestines. She now requires a diet of pureed foods.<\/p>\n<p>Collins filed a lawsuit against the general surgeons, Drs. Nuriddin and Nallathambi and their practices, claiming they misdiagnosed her as having a gastric outlet obstruction and performed a second surgery without informed consent. Collins also claimed that these defendants should have ordered a preoperative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/healthlibrary\/test_procedures\/gastroenterology\/esophagogastroduodenoscopy_92,P07717\/\">upper endoscopy study<\/a>, which would have ruled out gastric outlet obstruction.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/4-09-million-jury-verdict-misdiagnosis-gastric-outlet-obstruction\/#more-2374\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeannette Collins, 46, complained of abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea. She underwent testing, including a CT scan, at a hospital emergency room. The scan revealed a small bowel obstruction. General surgeons Dr. Ahmad Nuriddin and Dr. Manohar Nallathambi performed surgery on Collins during which they identified a purported gastric outlet obstruction. 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