SHAINWALD v. BARASCH


29 A.D.3d 337 (2006)

814 N.Y.S.2d 157

SYBIL SHAINWALD et al., Appellants, v. KENNETH R. BARASCH, M.D., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 4, 2006.


The 81-year-old decedent suffered a suprachoroidal hemorrhage during extracapsular cataract surgery in 2000. Plaintiff alleged that defendant's failure to discontinue aspirin prior to surgery caused or contributed to the hemorrhage, and the decision to use this method of surgery, as opposed to the alternative method of phacoemulsification, further increased the chance of pressure dropping within the eye and the likelihood of hemorrhage.

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