Valence v. Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2

FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, Judge.

lain this medical malpractice action, plaintiff appeals the trial court’s granting of summary judgment in favor of defendants-doctors. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff, Andy Valence, underwent surgery for a ventral hernia repair on December 21, 2006, at East Jefferson General Hospital. Drs. Raymond DeCorte and Don Guzzetta, defendants herein, performed plaintiffs surgery using a Salute 20 Fixation Device, or “tacker,1” to affix a large oval mesh patch2 to plaintiffs abdomen. During the surgery, the tacker al*457legedly…