Houserman v. Garrett

This medical-malpractice case involves the post-surgical retention within a patient's body of a surgical aid known as a Kerlix brand gauze pad.1 Jennifer Garrett, on June 30, 1995, underwent surgery to reverse a bilateral tubal ligation that had been performed years earlier. This reversal surgery, known as an isthmic-ampullary renanastomosis, is intended to surgically repair the fallopian tube after it has been cut or burned apart in a tubal ligation. The isthmic-ampullary renanastomosis procedure involves delicate microsurgery, made more difficult because the surgical site is located within…