Brief Answer:
Basically you need to contact lawyer

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to Ask A Doctor service.

I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

It seems that you have quite confidence that doctor was negligent with the surgery. Was it intentional or a mistake. If it was a mistake, then good chances that doctor will get away with it. Anyways the judge will decide.

There are two options:
One is to forget and forgive. Mostly no doctor wants to kill their patients. Sometimes there maybe wrong judgement or a mistake or a complication of process of surgery. Do whatever is needed to save the patient.

Second is to check with lawyer. If there has been medical negligence e.g doctor was drunk/intoxicated or didnot follow basic aseptic measures, etc, then following recourse can be taken.
You will first need to know the surgery steps from a surgery textbook and a different surgeon. Also get hold of surgery notes by the doctor. Then go to a lawyer and explain to him why you think negligence was there. It may need to be proven. Lawyers and the judicial system have their fees for service and lawyers can take the case to judge and XXXXXXX the doctor.

Hope this helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Dr Vaishalee

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Brief Answer:
Legally they can perform bariatric surgeries

Detailed Answer:
Hi again

Legally they have the licence to perform Bariatric surgeries. Medically speaking, a geeral surgeon must assist a few bariatric surgeries with an experienced surgeon before they perform it singly. During residency, they mostly get to perform minor surgeries like appendectomy, hernia repair etc. Fellowships are available for surgeons to advance their skills in Bariatric surgery. Such a fellowship happens after their residency in general surgery.

Yes a general surgeon must follow same guideline as a bariatric specialist while conducting such surgeries.

Abdominal adhesions are fibrous bands that span two or more intra-abdominal organs and/or the inner abdominal wall (i.e. peritoneal membrane) which typically form after abdominal surgery. Adhesions may also form due to inflammatory of the abdominal organs or due to abdomino-pelvic radiation. Most patients with adhesions do not develop symptoms but a few of them will develop adhesive disease, in which symptoms may range from mild, vague to highly distressing and even life-threatening symptoms.

Yes ventral hernia repair can result in adhesion formation especially if it happened with mesh insertion.

Hope this answers your query. Feel free to revert back with further doubts.
Dr Vaishalee

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