: BALTIMORE – (AP) A man alleging a Maryland doctor stapled his rectum shut during an operation — causing him to go without defecating for 17 days — took his federal lawsuit to trial Monday in Baltimore.
Ronald Watkins, 64, of West Virginia, is suing Manuel Casiano, a doctor in Frederick County, for allegedly botching a 2004 surgery that left Watkins with permanent bowel problems.
“The reason for suing Dr. Casiano is very simple: His rectum was stapled shut,” said Julia Lodowski, who with attorney Emily Malarkey is representing Watkins and his wife, Brenda.
Lodowski told jurors in U.S. District Court that Watkins now experiences “rectal discharge” and needs to wipe himself between 12 and 15 times a day.
He’s also had to have four “unnecessary surgeries” because of Casiano’s actions, Lodowski said. The doctor’s attorney, Conrad Varner, said Watkins’ bowels merely became “swollen shut” because of medical problems — not because of stapling.
Varner said Watkins’ habitual smoking — two packs a day — contributed to his bowel problems, because nicotine constricts blood vessels.
Watkins underwent surgery Sept. 8, 2004, for a newly diagnosed rectal tumor, during which Casiano made the mistake, according to his lawsuit against the Foris Surgical Group.
Watkins then complained of increasing rectal pressure, and an inability to pass gas, his lawsuit states. In a subsequent surgery, Casiano found that Watkins’ rectum was closed because of staples, according to the lawsuit.
“He couldn’t get past the staple line,” Lodowski told jurors.
“How else do we know that his rectum was stapled shut? Most importantly, Dr. Casiano said so.”
A graduate of New York School of Medicine who works at Frederick Memorial Hospital, Casiano has no record of any disciplinary actions, according to the Maryland Board of Physicians.
Watkins’ lawsuit does not seek a specific amount of damages.
The trial is expected to continue for four days.
OMG....i just don't understand. i mean why did he wait 17 days to say something, he had to know long before then that his azz was stapled ***. And this happened in 04 and he's still in court over it? And the discharge *** is just sickening. That doctor needs his license snatched up real quick....Poor Thang!!!
CTFU @ Everybody comments!!!!!! This is the funniest syht I read in a long time.
CTFU @ 77BORN picture and sigs..... suck toes..lick feet. LOL OMG!!!
CTFU @ blackexec with the [SPAM] comments... Now he need to use the Natural Remedies @ Heal Zoo to get those bowels moving right so he don't keep having to wipe.
Yikes. I read about this in the paper. MTO, you failed to report that the poor guy didn't use the bathroom for 17 days! UGH! Although, if someone couldn't go after the first like week or so, wouldn't you seek answers? Poor guy. It's a shame that we have to leave, literally our lives, in the hands of someone we don't even know, only to have our worst *** come true!
@ deet---that's so funny...his *** were not hurting.....lol lol
First of all even if this were true, & it very well could be....what happened to this gentleman when he should have gone back to his surgeon a day or so after his surgery....
He must have first signs of dementia because I know for a fact he should have gone back. so his azz/zz either wassnt in pain or he was full of shi... for real
