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Debate On the Safety Of Gastric Bypass Surgeries Continues

February 1, 2012

There is great debate happening around the Tennessee area today on the topic of safety in bariatric surgery. While News Channel 5 has released an article that claims a Vanderbilt professor is promoting the benefits of weight-loss surgery and downplaying it’s dangers, opponents are arguing that the surgery is potentially life-threatening and presents numerous patient complications.

Throughout the article, the professor, who is the Director of the Vanderbilt Surgical Weight loss Center, claims that there are many studies that have been conducted that prove the safety and efficacy of weight loss surgery. He adds that ignorance and fear are the largest hurdles to overcome getting patients on-board to have the surgery, and he has gone so far as to create an online education seminar that will put potential patients in touch with doctors.

Despite these claims, advocates of the surgeries still must admit to the dangers of the procedures. According to the Bariatric Surgery Source, procedures like Lap Bands can have complication rates as high as 26 percent. Some of those complications include:

  • Band Problems
  • Blood Clots
  • Bowel Perforations
  • Gallstones
  • Hernia
  • Band Erosion
  • Band Intolerance
  • Band Slippage

Doctors could be held liable for these complications if they do not make patients aware of all the risks prior to the surgery.

The Tennessee defective medical product attorneys with Hughes and Coleman are available to discuss your case anytime, online or by phone, if you have been harmed by a gastric bypass surgery.

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Medicaid Report Shows Deficiencies in Nashville Area Hospitals

August 10, 2011

The report card is in for Nashville-area hospitals after findings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services were tallied and compared to national averages last week. According to The Tennessean, most numbers for area hospitals were in line with national averages, though some ranked sub-par in specific areas.

Sumner Regional Medical Center is the worst hospital in the area for pneumonia mortality rates for the third consecutive year. The hospital currently had a 17.2% fatality rate for pneumonia patients over the last year. New owners LifePoint Hospitals, who purchased the facility in Gallatin, Tennessee, are optimistic and anxious to turn those numbers around, according to a hospital spokesperson.

Another area hospital that scored poorly on the report was Southern Hills Medical Center, specifically in the category of heart failure. The facility fell the below the national average, around 10%, with a 15.3% fatality rate.

On a brighter note, several hospitals have dramatically improved since the last report of this nature. Hendersonville Medical Center has improved by leaps and bounds, bringing their heart attack death rates down from 18.2% three years ago to 15.4% most recently.

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