ERCP Caused Pancreatitis

[Guest guest]

I'd appreciate any info re experience with financial/legal outcomes re ERCP

accident caused pancreatitis. Thanks.

pat

[Guest guest]

Pat,

I do have some articles (actual cases)saved on this information. They are in

Adobe Acrobat and some of them are long, but I will be happy to e-mail them if

you like. I am a paralegal student and we had to do some research through

Lexis/Nexis on this type of topic. You cannot get into Lexis as it is a

subscription site or open to students or I would just send you links.

Loretta

TN

loretta0416@...

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Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be

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[Guest guest]

I also have been told that pancreatitis is a high possibility after

an ERCP, because the pancreas and ducts are very sensitive

structures. I have had about 17 ERCP's in 2 years, and only once did

I not suffer a pancreatitis attack after it.

[Guest guest]

> I do have some articles (actual cases)saved on this information.

They are in Adobe Acrobat and some of them are long, but I will be

happy to e-mail them if you like<<

Hi Loretta, I have a friend who recently had an ERCP and her bowel

was punctured, causing increased pain and an extra week in the

hospital. She has heard that this GI doc has a history of problems

post-ERCP. Have you seen any cases like this?

Thanks, Debbie

[Guest guest]

I am sure you signed a consent with the risks listed, even if the

Dr. didn't go over them with you. If the consent is signed, legally

you were aware. I was told don't worry about it, it only happens in

3-5% of all of them I have had acute pancreatitis every time, I

guess I have a 3-5% sign hanging over my head. With malpratice you

have to prove they did something wrong that led to a disasterous

result. The result is usually pretty easy to see, it's the proving

they did something wrong thats hard, cause the Drs. aren't going to

admit it or put it in there notes.

Atwell LPN

[Guest guest]

,

That is so true. I had surgery in my digestive tract, and on the way

home from hospital, I was very sick and fainted. When I came too my

mother was making our way to the nearest hospital on my way home in

town. She dropped me off at the ER doors, and I managed to

walk to the admitting area. When they called my name to go see the

triage nurse, every time I stood up I kept fainting.

Apparently when I asked to use the bathroom, I lost a lot of blood.

They told me they would call my surgeon at the hospital I just got

discharged from (on hour away) and follow his instructions. After 2

hours of waiting (laying down because I couldn't even sit up) the

nurse came in and told me they were doing a colonoscopy to see why I

was losing so much blood.

Then I got wheeled to the endoscopy lab, and just before being

knocked out, the GI there told me the endoscopy wouldn't last too

long. I didn't even have time to protest before getting the

anaesthetic in my system, because I knew that any air or instruments

going down my throat could kill me.

I woke up in the ICU, having a blood transfusion. The next day my

surgeon called me at the hospital asking me what I was doing there.

I told him the hospital told me they had spoken to him and he was

absolutely livid when he found out the GI doc had gone ahead and

performed an endoscopy on me, as well as a barium xray. The nurses

hadn't been able to get hold of my surgeon, and the GI doctor ASKED

my surgeon permission to do the endoscopy at 9pm that night. When I

woke up in the ICU it was at 8.10pm of that night, so it had already

been done around 5pm....he had gone ahead and done it without any

consent, and endangered my life. I ended up with an abscess &

infection that took 3 weeks to get over. My surgeon ordered them to

put me on an ambulance back to his hospital in Knoxville.

I reported him to the AMA but apparently noone wanted to squeal on

anyone because he was found innocent of any wrongdoing. If I ever

hear of anyone seeing him, I strongly recommend they go somewhere

else.

It goes to show how hard it can be to have a doctor made responsible

for a string of foolish choices.