转发：美国男子盲肠炎手术误割结肠 暴瘦40磅 靠人工肛门排泄
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楼主 (北美华人网)
虽说是个例，看病还是找口碑好的医生，庸医害人。
美媒11月3日称，美国华盛顿州（ State of Washington ）湖森林公园市（ Lake Forest Park，暂译）一名男子2022年12月6日到医院接受盲肠炎手术时遭误割部分结肠。他其后暴瘦40磅，须靠人工肛门排泄。他正控告涉事医生。 美国哥伦比亚广播公司（ CBS ）旗下电视台KIRO7于11月3日称，72岁的皮亚诺（ George Piano ） 2022年12月6日因腹痛前往华盛顿大学医疗中心-西北（ University of Washington Medical Center – Northwest，暂译），确诊为盲肠炎（ Appendicitis ）。他因此接受盲肠炎手术，切除阑尾。但他翌日发现腹痛情况比入院前更严重。 根据法庭档，皮亚诺腹痛加剧的原因是医生在手术期间切除他一部分结肠，留下发炎的阑尾，也刺穿结肠。加州（ California ）外科专家哈里斯（ Hobart Harris ）分析这个案，指他相信为皮亚诺做手术的外科医生将乙状结肠误认成阑尾，并在尝试分开阑尾底部时刺穿乙状结肠。 皮亚诺表示，他其后须再接受4次手术，须靠人工肛门和造口袋排泄，同时承受剧烈的疼痛。他指在这近一年期间，他暴瘦40磅，留院53天，出现焦虑以及短期记忆丧失的问题。他更要推迟接受癌症治疗。 他说：“这是地狱般的一年。”
Man almost died after surgeons who ‘couldn’t find’ his appendix removed the wrong organ
NZ Herald 8 Nov, 2023 07:45 PM
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George Piano, who had surgery for an urgent appendix removal learned his surgeons removed a different organ instead, leading to four more surgeries and chronic pain that has lasted for nearly a year. Photo / KIRO A US man almost died after two surgeons who were supposed to operate on his appendix accidentally removed the wrong organ, leaving him with a lifetime of medical problems. George Piano arrived with extreme stomach pain at the University of Washington Medical Centre’s emergency room in Seattle on December 6, 2022, he was diagnosed with appendicitis and underwent what was supposed to be an appendectomy operation. But he is now suing the University of Washington Hospital after the surgeons removed part of his colon instead. Piano’s stomach pain worsened after the procedure and two days later, the medical centre told him his appendix was still inside his body, the complaint says.
That’s when he received the devastating news that surgeons had actually removed part of his colon, which was what was making his medical situation even worse. “When I woke up and came out of the drugs, I was in serious pain. Much worse than I had been in when I went to the hospital,” he told local media. According to the lawsuit, Piano’s surgeon then told him he needed an additional procedure to repair a new issue — a “leaky colon” — as a result of the first surgery. “I was suffering from a leaking colon that created sepsis and infection,” Piano told KIRO 7 News in an interview. “And I almost died from it.
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George Piano and his wife Elizabeth Piano before his botched surgery. Photo / Facebook
He then needed follow up surgery to remove his appendix that was still inside his body. Piano has been left with “numerous medical problems” and needed an ileostomy bag installed “where [his] intestine protruded from the abdomen so that all waste would be expelled into the bag”, according to the complaint. He spent 53 days in hospital and claims he had an open wound in his abdomen for months that led to intense pain. During his time in hospital he claimed he lost around 18kg. According to the lawsuit, the surgeon who performed “the alleged botched appendectomy” did not address the situation until more than a week later. Piano and his family reportedly did not want to file the lawsuit but they felt it was necessary after they did not get a response from the hospital. UW Medicine media relations director Susan Gregg said in a statement on November 7 that “we are unable to comment on the specifics of the case”. “UW Medicine strives to provide the best possible care to all of our patients; their safety and wellbeing is deeply important to us,” Gregg added. The lawsuit also claims Piano had to delay seeking cancer treatment because of the botched surgery. His marital life also became strained because of the surgical error, explaining that his wife had to delay and reschedule her own medical appointments to care for her husband, which included tending to his wounds and emptying his ileostomy bag. “To watch someone you love, your family member go through that kind of trauma. It’s horrifying, it is,” Elizabeth Piano told KIRO 7 News. The lawsuit seeks to have a judgment issued against the defendants and hopes to recover relief “as the court deems appropriate”, the complaint says.
美媒11月3日称，美国华盛顿州（ State of Washington ）湖森林公园市（ Lake Forest Park，暂译）一名男子2022年12月6日到医院接受盲肠炎手术时遭误割部分结肠。他其后暴瘦40磅，须靠人工肛门排泄。他正控告涉事医生。 美国哥伦比亚广播公司（ CBS ）旗下电视台KIRO7于11月3日称，72岁的皮亚诺（ George Piano ） 2022年12月6日因腹痛前往华盛顿大学医疗中心-西北（ University of Washington Medical Center – Northwest，暂译），确诊为盲肠炎（ Appendicitis ）。他因此接受盲肠炎手术，切除阑尾。但他翌日发现腹痛情况比入院前更严重。 根据法庭档，皮亚诺腹痛加剧的原因是医生在手术期间切除他一部分结肠，留下发炎的阑尾，也刺穿结肠。加州（ California ）外科专家哈里斯（ Hobart Harris ）分析这个案，指他相信为皮亚诺做手术的外科医生将乙状结肠误认成阑尾，并在尝试分开阑尾底部时刺穿乙状结肠。 皮亚诺表示，他其后须再接受4次手术，须靠人工肛门和造口袋排泄，同时承受剧烈的疼痛。他指在这近一年期间，他暴瘦40磅，留院53天，出现焦虑以及短期记忆丧失的问题。他更要推迟接受癌症治疗。 他说：“这是地狱般的一年。”
Man almost died after surgeons who ‘couldn’t find’ his appendix removed the wrong organ
NZ Herald 8 Nov, 2023 07:45 PM
George Piano, who had surgery for an urgent appendix removal learned his surgeons removed a different organ instead, leading to four more surgeries and chronic pain that has lasted for nearly a year. Photo / KIRO A US man almost died after two surgeons who were supposed to operate on his appendix accidentally removed the wrong organ, leaving him with a lifetime of medical problems. George Piano arrived with extreme stomach pain at the University of Washington Medical Centre’s emergency room in Seattle on December 6, 2022, he was diagnosed with appendicitis and underwent what was supposed to be an appendectomy operation. But he is now suing the University of Washington Hospital after the surgeons removed part of his colon instead. Piano’s stomach pain worsened after the procedure and two days later, the medical centre told him his appendix was still inside his body, the complaint says. That’s when he received the devastating news that surgeons had actually removed part of his colon, which was what was making his medical situation even worse. “When I woke up and came out of the drugs, I was in serious pain. Much worse than I had been in when I went to the hospital,” he told local media. According to the lawsuit, Piano’s surgeon then told him he needed an additional procedure to repair a new issue — a “leaky colon” — as a result of the first surgery. “I was suffering from a leaking colon that created sepsis and infection,” Piano told KIRO 7 News in an interview. “And I almost died from it.
“I’m not the same person I was when this started.”
George Piano and his wife Elizabeth Piano before his botched surgery. Photo / Facebook He then needed follow up surgery to remove his appendix that was still inside his body. Piano has been left with “numerous medical problems” and needed an ileostomy bag installed “where [his] intestine protruded from the abdomen so that all waste would be expelled into the bag”, according to the complaint. He spent 53 days in hospital and claims he had an open wound in his abdomen for months that led to intense pain. During his time in hospital he claimed he lost around 18kg. According to the lawsuit, the surgeon who performed “the alleged botched appendectomy” did not address the situation until more than a week later. Piano and his family reportedly did not want to file the lawsuit but they felt it was necessary after they did not get a response from the hospital. UW Medicine media relations director Susan Gregg said in a statement on November 7 that “we are unable to comment on the specifics of the case”. “UW Medicine strives to provide the best possible care to all of our patients; their safety and wellbeing is deeply important to us,” Gregg added. The lawsuit also claims Piano had to delay seeking cancer treatment because of the botched surgery. His marital life also became strained because of the surgical error, explaining that his wife had to delay and reschedule her own medical appointments to care for her husband, which included tending to his wounds and emptying his ileostomy bag. “To watch someone you love, your family member go through that kind of trauma. It’s horrifying, it is,” Elizabeth Piano told KIRO 7 News. The lawsuit seeks to have a judgment issued against the defendants and hopes to recover relief “as the court deems appropriate”, the complaint says.