Airman's legs amputated after routine gallbladder surgery goes wrong

Bigredmed
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:13:17 +0000

Very unfortunate, but a known risk to be sure. I was never in a surgical case that went that bad, but have been in the doctor’s lounge when cases have ended up that way. One case, almost identical being a lap chole with a punctured aorta, had the friend of a friend on his very first case as a board eligible anesthesia attending. Puckering indeed.