April 17, 2025
A New York man who accused his surgeon of leaving a scalpel blade in his shoulder after a 2018 operation and then covering up the mistake for years has come to an agreement with that doctor and the surgery center he worked in to dismiss their dispute from Connecticut federal court.
March 29, 2024
A surgeon with Connecticut Orthopaedics lost a scalpel blade during an operation in 2018 and tried to cover his tracks when X-rays revealed it had been sewn into the patient's shoulder, a federal lawsuit alleges.