| It's not all useless back surgery and unnecessary appendectomies and needlessly prolonging Grandma's death throes. |
| Additionally, cholecystectomies and appendectomies continue to be misclassified. |
| If a patient keeps going back to a specialist, particularly a surgeon, then hysterectomies, appendectomies and gall bladder operations are carried out unnecessarily. |
| The remaining 284 claims involved diagnostic laparoscopies, hernia repairs, appendectomies, and various gynecologic procedures. |
| It has also in recent times completed emergency procedures such as appendectomies, open fixation of broken bones and bowel resections. |
| As a result, missed appendectomies are the most common successful malpractice claim made against emergency room physicians, studies in the United States and Europe show. |
