Florida surgeon fined for removing kidney he thought was tumor

Fox 11 ^ | 1/12/2019 | AP

[Signalman]

WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Board of Medicine says a West Palm Beach surgeon has agreed to pay a $3,000 fine for removing a woman's healthy kidney that he thought was a tumor.

The Palm Beach Post reports Ramon Vazquez was responsible for cutting Maureen Pacheco open in 2016 so two other surgeons could perform a back operation.

[SMGFan]

“Well if it isn’t my old friend Mr. McGregg—with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg”

[Calvin Locke]

IF he graduated from anywhere.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Former Dem POTUS candidate Howard "Sreamin'" Dean is an alum.

[null and void]

He’s still practicing, right?

[Liz]

True......they better check him out.......musta falsified documents.

[vetvetdoug]

This is where a good medical education is necessary. I found organs misplaced several times while doing routine surgeries. I also found organs that were suffering atresia, foreign bodies that had migrated into the abdomen, multiple sets of ovaries and uteri in dogs, extra kidneys and organs not where they were supposed to be. Surgery is not something rushed unless the patient is dying on the table.

[Texas Songwriter]

Yes. And if there is centilla of doubt one can always get a biopsy prior to excising a mass. As you know most cancers “feel” differently than a smooth organ surface. If there is a cyst or benign tumor that too can be ascertained by an intraoperative biopsy. It sounds like the one positive biopsy was the wallet biopsy.

[dfwgator]

Came here for that.

[Ancesthntr]

Fined!? He should be forever barred from the practice of medicine.

[Jim Noble]

The story says two important things: It was a pelvic kidney, and he was sued for malpractice but settled the case for “a nominal amount”.

If both of these things are true, he must have had a pretty strong defense. I am not unfamiliar with South Florida plaintiff malpractice attorneys - no way this case settles at all, never mind for “a nominal amount”, unless there are major pro-defense elements not covered in the story.

[cpdiii]

«¿Dónde está mi copia de Anatomía de Grey?»

En la basura

[ncalburt]

Yes .Still working .

In Palm Beach Gardens .

This mistake leaves one speechless .

You really need to hand pick your Surgeon and More important the Anesthesiologist .

Recall Bill Clinton mother was very Bad CRNA .

[editor-surveyor]

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Anyone that allows a surgeon to touch their body deserves what they get (or lose, as the case may be).

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “This mistake leaves one speechless” <<

And kidneyless in this case.

[ncalburt]

There is emergency surgeries in which its due or die .

[Trailerpark Badass]

You think he’d be familiar enough with kidney-shaped legumes.

[editor-surveyor]

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My neck is getting sore from shaking my head today.
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[ncalburt]

How surgeons in the operating room ?

The punishment is a Disgrace .

My uncle and Cousins are surgeons .
You do a organ count first .

The lady had a poor lawyer .

[editor-surveyor]

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Not so in the case of a kidney!

Kidneys renew within hours from simply drinking Juniper berry tea.

Perhaps a ruptured anurism presents a different case.

[editor-surveyor]

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Poor doctor, poor lawyer, judge, and jury, but look at the bright side... oops! no bright side.

[Hot Tabasco]

«¿Dónde está mi copia de Anatomía de Grey?»

Would be nice if people spoke english around here without trying to impress everyone with their multilingualism........