Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Sifers
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided December 21, 2007No. 07-2005-JWLPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.
This lawsuit arises from complications following a bariatric weight reduction surgery that was performed on plaintiff Carla Thomas by Timothy M. Sifers, M.D., who is now deceased. Ms. Thomas alleges that Dr. Sifers was supposed to perform the surgery using a new technique called the duodenal switch, a procedure that is allegedly associated with fewer complications than older weight loss procedures, but that Dr. Sifers actually performed an unrecognized and unknown variation of a much older procedure and, as a result, Ms. Thomas suffered…
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