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Re: C/sections & litigation From: mdecker@hcsinc.com Fri Dec 22 19:45:58 1995 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: CheriVH@aol.com: "Breech" Previous message: Madeline24@aol.com: "Re: 2nd stage pushing" Maybe in reply to: Jason Gardosi: "C/sections & litigation" one attending doc in milwaukee successfully sued for c-section for breech..<lied to mother after c-section when he discovered infant was vertex>..lost but award not huge. fyi On Fri, 22 Dec 1995, jason.gardosi@nottingham.ac.uk (Jason Gardosi) wrote: >Ashley Hill, 22 Dec 1995: >>I am sure that if one of us did a c/section tomorrow for genital condyloma, and the patient developed atony and underwent a cesarean hysterectomy, the lawyers would come after us for doing an "unecessary procedure". >I agree. >BTW, I would be interested to know - have there been (m)any successful prosecutions for 'unnecessary c/sections'?. My impression is that in places with high section rates, there is a heavy bias towards intervention, in great part because nobody has yet had to worry about litigation for performing unnecessary procedures per se (i.e. unless complications develop). Comments appreciated! >jason.gardosi@nottingham.ac.uk >Ob/Gyn, Queen's Medical Centre >University of Nottingham, UK Next message: CheriVH@aol.com: "Breech" Previous message: Madeline24@aol.com: "Re: 2nd stage pushing" Maybe in reply to: Jason Gardosi: "C/sections & litigation"

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