A girl’s chance of getting pregnant could be as low as 35% after an error by a Montreal surgeon who has been banned for three months by his professional order.
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“The violation alleged against Dr. [Kenneth] Shaw lies at the heart of the physician’s profession and provides a high degree of objective rigor,” writes the Disciplinary Council of the College of Physicians of Quebec (CMQ).
In a recent decision, he upheld a joint recommendation by the CMQ and Dr Shah’s deputy syndic, recognizing that he had committed “an act of dishonor to the honor and dignity of the profession”.
The experience of the surgeon was cited as an aggravating factor as he had been practicing his profession for 24 years at the time of the offence.
Dr. Kenneth Shaw had no disciplinary history until he operated on a 10-week-old girl at Montreal Children’s Hospital in August 2018.
Identity error
Later she suffered from inguinal hernia. For example, it can cause swelling in the pelvic region. There were no complications at the end of the surgery.
However, a few days later, the doctor who examined the girl feared the hernia would “recur,” the disciplinary council recounts.
An emergency operation revealed “complete necrosis of the duct [de Fallope] Left and left ovary.
Dr. Shah later admitted to the child’s family that he had misdiagnosed the operation, causing the fallopian tube and uterus to be cut off.
Subtle technique
This “delicate surgery” “requires meticulous operating technique,” Dr. Sarah Bouchard, appointed by the trustees as an expert in the case, argues in a statement.
“I believe there was a failure in surgical technique during Dr. Shaw’s surgery,” he concludes.
Seen in court documents NewspaperAnother expert’s opinion says that the girl can see her “spontaneous” pregnancy reduced by 30 to 35%.
It is impossible to decide now whether it is necessary to resort to assisted reproduction, we add. There are also fears about the effects of a girl’s hormones and early menopause.
Monday, June 21, 2021 at McGill Side Glen University Health Center (MUHC) in Montreal. There is the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
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“The case [fillette] “The contents of the hernia sac should always be examined to ensure that no classic structures are ligated, presented and discussed at the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the Montreal Children’s Hospital,” CMQ’s Regulatory Council notes.
Because Dr. Shaw has changed the way he performs surgery, he is at the end of his career and is estimated to have a low risk of recurrence.
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