OUCH!
Like having a small pine cone lodged in your butt for a few years.
Posted on 01/03/2015 4:53:41 PM PST by Morgana
A December 2002 court case summary published in OBG MANAGEMENT revealed that laminaria was left inside a woman who had an abortion eight years prior.
The case from the Westchester County (NY) Supreme Court, accused a doctor working for the abortion clinic of inserting the laminaria into her uterus rather than her cervix causing her to be in pain for years.
From the report:
A 19-year-old female presented to a woman’s center for an abortion.
On the first day of the 2-day procedure, the physician inserted 3 laminaria into the patient’s vagina in order to stretch the cervix. The following day, a second physician performed the abortion under real-time ultrasound.
Eight years later, the patient experienced severe cramping and bleeding, which led to a laparoscopy. Clinicians discovered that the laminaria used during the abortion remained inside the woman.
In suing, the plaintiff claimed that she suffered cramping and heavy bleeding during menstruation as well as pelvic pain for the full 8 years between the 2 procedures. She contended that the first doctor, who had since deceased, inserted the laminaria into her uterus, rather than her cervix. She further maintained that the physician who performed the abortion was also negligent for not discovering and removing the laminaria.
The doctor who performed the abortion argued the deceased doctor misplaced the laminaria; since there was no trace of them on ultrasound, he assumed they had discharged spontaneously. The defense for the deceased physician claimed the second doctor was fully responsible for not removing the laminaria. ■ The jury found both defendants liable and awarded the plaintiff $200,000.
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OUCH!
Like having a small pine cone lodged in your butt for a few years.
“Like having a small pine cone lodged in your butt for a few years. “
You too?!?
the cervix is the opening to the uterus. part of the article makes no sense.
It’s a long and sordid tale/tail.....
They go in the cervix to dilate..stretch it open a bit.
You never push them into the uterus and you never fail to account for each one that has been inserted! Just as you count sponges in surgery, you count these dilators.
200k seems like mighty little for this much stupidity and the resulting discomfort.
Some women must be masochistic, that's all I can think.
There's something a bit awkward about that description.
Lousy usage, but what do you expect from journalists these days? “She contended that the first doctor, who is now deceased…”
I was wondering how a religious candelabrum ended up
in there....?
Hope it wasn’t lit.
I was wondering how a religious candelabrum ended up
in there....?
Hope it wasn’t lit.
Oh, wait, Lam not Lum.
Never mind...
That would have been odd. :)
It was a lot less than she deserved! I wish it had been let in there another 8 years. A small price for murder.
Feminists claim it’s still better than self-cervix.
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