A local man is fighting for his life after an alleged botched surgery; now he’s suing the doctor from the University of Washington Medicine (UW Medicine) and the state. The suit alleges that a simple ...
A man is suing Washington surgeons, accusing them of removing a different organ during his appendix surgery. Complaint A Washington man who had surgery for an urgent appendix removal learned his ...
A Washington man who had surgery for an urgent appendix removal learned his surgeons removed a different organ instead — leading to four more surgeries and chronic pain that has lasted for nearly a ...
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Your appendix might not be useless after all—and new research says it could be an evolutionary secret weapon
For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, ...
When emergency tests showed the telltale right-sided pain in Heather VanDusen's abdomen was appendicitis, she figured she'd be quickly wheeled into surgery. But doctors offered her the option of ...
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