A 74-year-old man, who had had colon cancer in Seville, Spain, died as a result of a septic shock. First performed, the surgeons had removed a healthy part of the colon, leaving the tumor intact. This error required a second procedure which would indirectly have resulted in the death of the patient. Did a surgical error cost him his life? With colon cancer, a 74-year-old man was the subject of a first operation in Seville, Spain, which did not p…
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A 74-year-old man, who had had colon cancer in Seville, Spain, died as a result of a septic shock. First performed, the surgeons had removed a healthy part of the colon, leaving the tumor intact. This error required a second procedure which would indirectly have resulted in the death of the patient. Did a surgical error cost him his life? With colon cancer, a 74-year-old man was the subject of a first operation in Seville, Spain, which did not p…