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Failure to properly communicate postoperative instructions to a patient can be Medical Malpractice
A surgeon can be sued for Medical Malpractice if he or she failed to properly communicate care instructions to a patient after the surgery.
Recently Web M&M analyzed the case of a woman who needed arthroscopic surgery after she tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee.
The surgeon talked to the patient before the surgery and gave her postoperative instructions for ACL repair that included 50% weight bearing immediately after the surgery