Dr. Francois Blaudeau is a leading physician attorney who specializes in medical malpractice, medical device tort litigation, and pharmacological tort litigation. Dr. Francois Blaudeau has been a leader involved nationally with the legal team that is investigating issues involving the safety, efficacy, and cost of the da Vinci Robotic Hysterectomy promoted by Intuitive Surgical Inc. Dr. Francois
Blaudeau is nationally known as one the leading minimally invasive gynecological surgeons in the United States and trained hundreds of surgeons in advanced gynecological laparoscopic surgery. A graduate of the World Class Tulane University department of OBGYN and Charity Hospital of New Orleans, Dr. Francois Blaudeau went on to law school and is Fellow in the American College of Legal Medicine and currently sits on its Board of Governors. An established medical malpractice attorney with the prestigious firm of Riley & Jackson, P.C., in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Blaudeau is active in all forms of medical negligence. Described by his peers as a fearless seeker of the truth Dr. Francois Blaudeau will leave no stone unturned in his ongoing investigation of the surgical complications suffered by patients who have undergone a da Vinci Robotic Hysterectomy.
“Da Vinci Robotic Hysterectomy may cause Significant intra-operative surgical complications. Recently, review of cases done with the da Vinci Robotic Hysterectomy have shown that certain injuries to bowel, bladder, ureter, and vascular arteries and veins can occur due to defects in the thermal insulation of the robotic instruments and from the use of monopolar current which can cause thermal damage to adjacent structures.“
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