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Figure 1 A: Arterial-phase ultrasound image with microbubble contrast showing hyperenhancement of the cortex and hypoenhancement of the renal pyramids, which are poorly defined in the normal kidney.
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Wendy Rappaport has filed a lawsuit alleging that her healthy kidney was removed instead of her spleen, leaving her with advanced kidney disease.
A Minnesota woman claims to have developed stage 5 chronic kidney disease after a surgeon allegedly removed her kidney instead of her spleen.
A Minnesota woman in her 80s is now living with stage 5 kidney disease after a surgeon allegedly removed her kidney during what was supposed to be a routine spleen removal procedure, according to a ...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A Twin Cities woman is suing over an alleged medical mistake that she says cost her a healthy left kidney.
The lawsuit says that the doctor performed an open laparotomy procedure, during which Rappaport’s “left kidney was removed instead of her spleen.” In a post-operative note, the doctor said ...
A Twin Cities woman is suing over an alleged medical mistake that she says cost her a healthy left kidney. In a lawsuit filed Friday, Wendy Rappaport of Plymouth accuses the surgeon and the Allina ...
A woman who underwent surgery to have her spleen removed alleges that it is not the organ that was taken out. Allina Health says it will defend itself in court.
The patient's urinary ultrasound 1 month after the operation showed small stones in the left kidney and renal cysts in the right kidney. However, the patient had no postoperative discomfort, and ...