{"id":4104,"date":"2018-08-10T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=4104"},"modified":"2018-08-10T06:44:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T11:44:19","slug":"500000-jury-verdict-for-medical-negligence-leading-to-amputation-of-index-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/500000-jury-verdict-for-medical-negligence-leading-to-amputation-of-index-finger\/","title":{"rendered":"$500,000 Jury Verdict for Medical Negligence Leading to Amputation of Index Finger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Wodzenski, 20 years old at the time of this accident, fractured his left index finger in a work-related incident. Orthopedic surgeon Fred Moore Carter II MD performed an open <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reduction_(orthopedic_surgery)\">reduction surgery<\/a> on Wodzenski, placing his finger in a plaster splint. <\/p>\n<p>Wodzenski, who was suffering from significant pain, went to Dr. Carter\u2019s office two days after his hospital discharge. Physician assistant John Rongo examined him in less than five minutes, choosing not to open the splint. <\/p>\n<p>At an appointment the following week, Dr. Carter told Wodzenski that his index finger had become necrotic and required amputation.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/500000-jury-verdict-for-medical-negligence-leading-to-amputation-of-index-finger\/#more-4104\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Wodzenski, 20 years old at the time of this accident, fractured his left index finger in a work-related incident. Orthopedic surgeon Fred Moore Carter II MD performed an open reduction surgery on Wodzenski, placing his finger in a plaster splint. Wodzenski, who was suffering from significant pain, went to Dr. Carter\u2019s office two days [&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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orthopedic-mistakes","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>$500,000 Jury Verdict for Medical Negligence Leading to Amputation of Index Finger &#8212; Chicago Medical Malpractice Attorney Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kyle Wodzenski, 20 years old at the time of this accident, fractured his left index finger in a work-related incident. 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