Ipock v. Gilmore

BECTON, Judge.

On 18 February 1981, after admission to Lenoir Memorial Hospital for a laparoscopy — an elective permanent sterilization procedure under complete anesthesia — scheduled for 19 February 1981, plaintiff, Judith Hill, signed a written consent form authorizing the defendant, Dr. Samuel J. Gilmore, “to perform the following operation and/or operations — Laparoscopy with Fulguration of Tubes or Application of Hulka Clips.” A laparoscopy is commonly referred to as “band-aid surgery”: one or two Va to Vz inch abdominal incisions are made; the fallopian tubes are visualized through a…