Tag: Death

Liposuction death case told of infection risk

Liposuction death case told of infection riskNews from ABC Online: By Candice Marcus Posted May 07, 2012 13:25:36 A surgeon has told an inquest into a fatal liposuction procedure of the likely source of infection which led to a woman’s death Lauren Michelle Edgar, 28, died five days after liposuction was performed by Dr George [...]

Family: Cosmetic surgery death ‘shouldn’t happen’

Family: Cosmetic surgery death ‘shouldn’t happen’News from Sun-Sentinel: Hollywood hotel supervisor Idell Frazer-Bodden wanted a better figure at age 50, so she went under the knife last week to have fat removed from her back and re-injected to build up her bottom. Instead, her family is grieving her death. On Thursday, her family and their [...]

Woman Claims Ruptured Breast Implants Caused The Death Of Her Unborn Child

Woman Claims Ruptured Breast Implants Caused The Death Of Her Unborn ChildNews from TheGloss: In disturbing/confounding news, a UK woman is claiming that her ruptured implants are responsible for the death of her unborn child. Suzanne Ellis, who says she wants to “push for an investigation,” underwent the operation in a Manchester clinic in 2007. Six months [...]

Toronto doctor involved in liposuction death loses licence for two years

Toronto doctor involved in liposuction death loses licence for two yearsNews from Globe and Mail: anna mehler paperny Globe and Mail Update Published Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 1:34PM EST Last updated Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 2:31PM EST A disgraced Toronto cosmetic surgeon who had a liposuction patient die after surgery will have her certificate suspended [...]

Report says blood clot led to plastic surgery patient’s death

Report says blood clot led to plastic surgery patient’s deathNews from MetroWest Daily News: A local woman who received breast implants from a Rte. 9 family physician in August died from surgical complications and not from a subsequent fall at home, the state medical examiner said yesterday. The medical examiner called 39-year-old mother Adriana Paula [...]

Two get prison in cosmetic surgery death in Las Vegas

Two get prison in cosmetic surgery death in Las VegasNews from USA Today: By Ken Ritter, Associated Press Updated LAS VEGAS – A Colombian husband and wife were each sentenced Thursday to up to eight years in a Nevada prison plus a year in county jail for leaving a Las Vegas mother of three to [...]

State Investigating Spa After Woman’s Death

State Investigating Spa After Woman’s Death News from WCVB-TV: POSTED: 7:04 am EDT August 17, 2011UPDATED: 7:12 am EDT August 17, 2011 BOSTON – Team 5 investigates has learned the state is now investigating a spa in Framingham after the death of a woman who had a breast augmentation there.The procedure was done at Destination [...]

Death after surgery draws concern

Death after surgery draws concern News from Boston Globe: FRAMINGHAM – Adriana Paula Da Silva Toledo was on the brink of 40. Friends and family said the single mother of three probably had the milestone birthday in mind when she went for cosmetic surgery on Saturday. “She wanted to be beautiful,’’ her father, Aparecido Alfredo [...]

Death after surgery draws concern

Death after surgery draws concern News from Boston Globe: FRAMINGHAM – Adriana Paula Da Silva Toledo was on the brink of 40. Friends and family said the single mother of three probably had the milestone birthday in mind when she went for cosmetic surgery on Saturday. “She wanted to be beautiful,’’ her father, Aparecido Alfredo [...]

Couple pleads guilty in Las Vegas surgery death

Couple pleads guilty in Las Vegas surgery deathNews from The Associated Press: Couple pleads guilty in Las Vegas surgery death By CRISTINA SILVA, Associated Press – 1 day ago  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The teenage daughter of a Las Vegas woman who died after an illegal buttocks enhancement surgery said Thursday there will be no [...]