Legal Opinion
Nisenholtz v. Mount Sinai Hospital
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 26, 1984PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*659OPINION OF THE COURT
Ira Gammerman, J.
In this action plaintiffs seek damages for negligent surgery and for surgery performed without informed consent. On March 2, 1979, plaintiff Bernard Nisenholtz, who had been suffering from ulcerative colitis for more than 10 years, underwent a proctocoloctomy (the removal of his colon and rectum). The surgery was performed by defendants Gelernt, Kreel, and Bauer, although defendant Bauer played a relatively minor role. Following surgery, plaintiff Bernard Nisenholtz became organically impotent and it cannot be seriously disputed that the impotence was the…
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