bbaldwin1234 wrote:Has anyone else had their ureter knicked during colon surgery? I had surgery May 7 to remove tumor from sigmoid and surgeon knicked my ureter (tube from kidney to bladder). I’ve since needed a Foley catheter and a naphrostomy bag. Which was surgically placed. I need another surgery to repair yesterday in a couple of weeks.
bbaldwin1234 wrote:Has anyone else had their ureter knicked during colon surgery? I had surgery May 7 to remove tumor from sigmoid and surgeon knicked my ureter (tube from kidney to bladder). I’ve since needed a Foley catheter and a naphrostomy bag. Which was surgically placed. I need another surgery to repair yesterday in a couple of weeks.
Maggie Nell wrote:bbaldwin1234 wrote:Has anyone else had their ureter knicked during colon surgery? I had surgery May 7 to remove tumor from sigmoid and surgeon knicked my ureter (tube from kidney to bladder). I’ve since needed a Foley catheter and a naphrostomy bag. Which was surgically placed. I need another surgery to repair yesterday in a couple of weeks.
That is rather unfortunate. I do hope the surgeon who operated on you does not have a history of knicking ureters. Talk to your lawyer.
Rock_Robster wrote:Maggie Nell wrote:bbaldwin1234 wrote:Has anyone else had their ureter knicked during colon surgery? I had surgery May 7 to remove tumor from sigmoid and surgeon knicked my ureter (tube from kidney to bladder). I’ve since needed a Foley catheter and a naphrostomy bag. Which was surgically placed. I need another surgery to repair yesterday in a couple of weeks.
That is rather unfortunate. I do hope the surgeon who operated on you does not have a history of knicking ureters. Talk to your lawyer.
And at the very least I hope he’s not charging you for the repair surgery...
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