Szeto v. Kives – Negligence Found for Bowel Perforation Leading to Colostomy

On December 31, 2024, Justice Leiper of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found a gyne-oncologist negligent for having caused a 1-2 cm bowel perforation in a patient during a laparoscopic hysterectomy which was unrecognized intraoperatively and that led to fecal peritonitis, sepsis, multiple surgeries and a colostomy.  Facts On July 20, 2015, the plaintiff […]