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Two former patients have filed claims against a Fredericksburg surgeon, including one who says he operated on the wrong site Date published: 4/21/2010
BY JIM HALL A Fredericksburg surgeon faces legal claims that he mishandled two surgeries, including one which claims that he operated on the front of the patient's shoulder when the problem was on her back. Dr. Michael Snedden, an orthopedic surgeon, is the defendant in two malpractice suits filed recently in Fredericksburg Circuit Court. Lexie Fincher, a Stafford County resident, claims that Snedden made a series of errors during her surgery, including the removal of healthy tissue from the front of her shoulder when the tumor that was causing her problem was on the back. In the other claim, Tamara Henry, a Spotsylvania County resident, says Snedden damaged the patellar tendon in her knee while attempting to remove the bursa. Snedden could not be reached for comment. Robert Donnelly, his Richmond attorney, said yesterday that he would advise Snedden not to talk about the cases. "It's our practice generally to not comment on ongoing matters that are in litigation," Donnelly said. In court papers, Snedden denies responsibility for Henry's injury. He had not filed a response to Fincher's claim by yesterday. "We do intend to defend those cases," Donnelly said. Fincher first visited Snedden at his Central Virginia Orthopedics & Sports Medicine office in 2008, according to court papers. She had a small mass on the back of her right shoulder that was causing pain. Snedden diagnosed the mass as a lipoma, a benign tumor composed of fatty tissue. He scheduled surgery under full anesthesia for May 2008 at the Fredericksburg Ambulatory Surgery Center. On the morning of the surgery, nurses at the surgery center correctly prepped the back of the shoulder. But after Fincher was anesthetized, Snedden examined both the front and back of her shoulder and could not find the lipoma, according to the lawsuit. The suit claims that he checked an MRI that had been done beforehand and mistakenly concluded that the lump was on the front of the shoulder. Before surgery, a radiologist had read the MRI and reported to Snedden that the lipoma was on the back of the shoulder. The lawsuit contends that Snedden failed to take several basic steps that could have prevented the wrong-site surgery. These include: He did not check with the radiologist or read the radiologist's report.
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There is no excuse for this but I will say he oper. on my shoulder and it is now pain free
He operated on me to,seemed more interested in money then helping me.I never went back.
at best
I found a video blog about this http://virginia-medical-malpractice.com/fredericksburg-surgeon-sued-for-failing-to-mark-operative-site/
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