Re: Would any of our doctors testify as an expert witness?..

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Thanks , I e-mailed her and asked if she knew how long ago

doctors were doing it as common practice and when it stopped. I've

found some info on the net where doctors used to think that it not

only would protect the patient from infection, but it was supposed to

make it less likely to get capsular contracture. Weird! But, I know

they were told to stop at some point, I'm just trying to find the

date.

Thanks!

Pam

> I would talk to Dr Kolb, she probably would be your best bet. She

has spoken out on stuff like this a lot for many years, and I'm sure

would find a problem with this. (adding this crap to the implant) She

may write a statement, Try her. Email her @ drkolb@m... Love

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> From: nannapam37@y...

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> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 7:23 AM

> Subject: Would any of our doctors testify as an

expert witness?

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> I talked to a malpractice lawyer yesterday about my implants.

The

> implanting doctor put Ancef, an antibiotic, into them when he put

> them in which contaminated them from the start and Dr. Blais

verified

> they had faulty valves. The lawyer said that I would need

another

> plastic surgeon to be an expert witness who would say that not

only

> was it wrong to add anything to the implants (breech in standard

of

> care) but it made me sick as well. Would any of our doctors

testify

> as an expert witness in individual cases? I'm pretty sure I can

do

> this as an individual malpractice suit against my doctor and

still be

> part of a class-action. Any ideas???

>

> Thanks.

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> Pam

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