How does a botch hernia surgery lead to a $3 million jury verdict?
In 2012, our client discovered that he had an inguinal (groin) hernia after undergoing a CT scan. His primary care physician referred him to a general surgeon who specializes in hernia repairs. Our client consulted with the surgeon, and initially elected not to have his hernia surgically repaired as he had no symptoms. In 2013, our client’s hernia became symptomatic, and he had a second consultation with the surgeon, at which time he elected to proceed with the surgery.
In November 2013, the surgeon performed a laparoscopic bilateral inguinal hernia repair surgery on our client. During this procedure, the surgeon implanted mesh in order to repair the hernias, and affixed tacks to the mesh to secure it in place.
Typically, a surgeon will use approximately three to five tacks to affix the mesh for hernia surgery. However, during our client’s procedure, the defendant-surgeon used approximately twenty-seven tacks. In addition, we claimed that the defendant-surgeon improperly placed tacks in and around our client’s ilioinguinal nerve.
This caused an injury to our client’s lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. As a result, our client sustained severe and permanent injuries. His injuries include left-sided meralgia paresthetica.