The doctor “nicked” his aorta which lost blood flow to his legs.
The doctor “nicked” his aorta which lost blood flow to his legs.
It is worse than that, because even with a nick in the aorta, there is time to fix the problem. Except the surgeon botched the repair of the aorta and didn’t call in any assistance to help. I think the aorta then clotted at the site of the repair which led to the loss of blood flow to the legs. There was a 6 hour delay to a center with the expertise required to fix the injury. So it wasn’t one error, it was multiple errors in judgement compounding themselves, with the ultimate devastating result.