{"id":4052,"date":"2018-07-02T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2019-12-29T06:03:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T12:03:22","slug":"950000-in-settlement-for-death-of-negligent-vascular-surgery-followed-by-compartment-syndrome-ischemia-and-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/950000-in-settlement-for-death-of-negligent-vascular-surgery-followed-by-compartment-syndrome-ischemia-and-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"$950,000 in Settlement for Death of Negligent Vascular Surgery Followed by Compartment Syndrome Ischemia and Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Doe, 52, underwent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jvascsurg.org\/article\/S0741-5214(94)70133-4\/pdf\">popliteal peroneal artery bypass <\/a>grafting surgery. She required four additional surgeries after this procedure, including replacement of her inflow and outflow grafts, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fasciotomy\">fasciotomy<\/a> to relieve compartment syndrome and resection of necrotic muscle in her lower extremity. <\/p>\n<p>Almost five weeks after the first surgery, Doe suffered a stroke. This led to her death the following day. Doe had been a human resource director earning approximately $100,000 per year.  She was survived by her two adult children.  <\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit claimed that the outflow target vessel for the first surgery was negligently selected. This led to extremity ischemia, the need for additional surgery, the development of compartment syndrome and failure of the graft.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/950000-in-settlement-for-death-of-negligent-vascular-surgery-followed-by-compartment-syndrome-ischemia-and-stroke\/#more-4052\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Doe, 52, underwent popliteal peroneal artery bypass grafting surgery. She required four additional surgeries after this procedure, including replacement of her inflow and outflow grafts, a fasciotomy to relieve compartment syndrome and resection of necrotic muscle in her lower extremity. Almost five weeks after the first surgery, Doe suffered a stroke. 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