If you’re undergoing Circumcision surgery & the Doctor detects cancer, should they have the right to remove it?
So this Kentucky man went in to get circumcised, which is obviously a routine procedure.
But while he was under anaesthesia, the surgeon saw a cancerous tumor on the man’s penis and removed it.
In the process, the doctor amputated the man’s penis.
Should the doctor be able to do that?
I definitely don’t think so.
Let’s say I was getting cosmetic surgery, and the surgeon found a heart problem. I wouldn’t want that surgeon to just go and call in a cardiac surgeon right next door and start operating on me.
They should do just what they are signed up to do.
Here’s the story:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/24/us-kentucky-penis-amputation-idUSTRE77N80X20110824
The idea that a physician could do whatever he or she wanted with legal impunity if you’re under anaesthesia is quite frankly, very very frightening.
I think yes, a surgeon should be able to perform additional procedures while you’re under anaesthetic, but only if it’s an emergency.
In other words, if it wasn’t dealt with in a matter of hours or days, the problem would get significantly worse, or threaten the patient’s life.
In this case it doesn’t sound like that was the situation at all. If they noticed the cancer before they’d started cutting, they should have just abandoned the operation, waited until he came round from the anaesthesia and discussed the best way to proceed with him. If they only noticed after they’d already started cutting, then they should have completed the planned procedure only, and then waited until he came round from the anaesthesia and discussed the best way to proceed with him.
Dr. Thomas Haas, Louisville Kentucky, Plastic Surgeon, Cosmetic Surgeon
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