Cancer Patient Died From Intestinal Tear Caused By Surgical Robot: Lawsuit
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According to the suit, Sandra Sultzer had abdominal pain and fever before dying of injuries caused by the da Vinci surgical device.
A Florida woman’s death is being blamed on injuries caused when a hospital’s surgical robot burned a hole in her small intestines during cancer surgery, according to lawsuit filed by her husband on Tuesday.
Sandra Sultzer, who had colon cancer, was admitted in 2021 to Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Boca Raton, Florida, for surgery a doctor performed with the use of a da Vinci robotic system, according to a lawsuit obtained by HuffPost.
The lawsuit did not name the hospital as a defendant in the civil case, but it did name Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISI), which makes the robotic device, accusing it of negligence and product liability.
Neither Intuitive Surgical nor Baptist Health Boca Raton responded to HuffPost’s requests for comment.
According to the lawsuit, Sultzer suffered a burn that caused a tear in her small intestines during surgery and needed additional surgeries to close it.
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