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BUSALACCHI v. VOGEL

No. 13184.

429 So.2d 217 (1983)

Frank J. BUSALACCHI v. Kenneth E. VOGEL, M.D. and ABC Insurance Co.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Rice, Jr., Donna L. Yukna, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

William S. Penick, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, New Orleans, for Mercy Hosp. and Cora Lee Arms.

Roy V. Ladner, New Orleans, for Kenneth E. Vogel, M.D. and ABC Ins. Co.

Before SCHOTT, AUGUSTINE and LOBRANO, JJ.

AUGUSTINE, Judge.

Frank J. Busalacchi brings this action for damages against Kenneth E. Vogel, M.D., Cora Lee Arms, and Mercy Hospital for injuries alleged to have arisen from Dr. Vogel's performance of a percutaneous thoracic rhizotomy, an operation whereby the nerves which transmit sensation from the chest wall of the spine are thermally destroyed by means of heat-producing electrodes inserted at the spine. The frequent objective of such an operation is to eliminate...

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