Sijhawm Nyeem Ntawv: 12 feeb

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Rita Adamson tuag nyob rau hauv kev saib xyuas ntawm tus kws kho mob uas nws tsis xav pom. 

Rita, 62, nyob nrog mob qog noj ntshav rau rau xyoo. "Txog hnub kawg ntawm nws lub neej," nws tus txiv Bill tau sau tias, "Rita tau ua haujlwm, taug kev nrog tus pas nrig, npaj zaub mov thiab mus yuav khoom." 

Ntau tus kws kho mob tau kho nws tus mob ntau xyoo, tab sis ib qho, Adamson tau hais tias, sawv tawm ntawm nws tus cwj pwm tsis zoo: Dr. Scott Kamelle, kws kho mob qog noj ntshav ntawm Milwaukee-based Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Wisconsin lub tsev kho mob loj tshaj plaws. 

Thawj zaug Kamelle cuam tshuam nrog ob niam txiv, Rita tau mus pw hauv tsev kho mob. Kamelle tab tom npog rau nws tus kws kho mob tsis tu ncua. Kamelle, Adamson hais tias, yeej tsis pom. 

Hloov chaw, Adamson tau liam hauv tsab ntawv mus rau Aurora tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv, Kamelle tau siv sijhawm peb teev los teb rau kev hu xov tooj thiab dag hauv tsev kho mob cov ntaub ntawv uas nws tau pom thiab tshuaj xyuas Rita thaum nws tsis muaj. Kamelle hais rau ob niam txiv tias nws tsuas muaj ob peb lub hlis los ua neej nyob, nws tsis tuaj yeem ua dab tsi los pab nws, thiab Rita tau mus tsev "tsis muaj kev tswj xyuas qhov mob txaus," Adamson sau. 

Tom qab ntawd, Rita tsis kam ua Kamelle tus neeg mob puv sijhawm. Tab sis nws tsis muaj kev xaiv thaum twg nws muaj xwm txheej ceev thiab nws tau hu. Qhov ntawd yog qhov tshwm sim hnub so nws tuag.

Hnub kawg ntawm Rita lub neej, Lub Xya Hli 16, 2016, Adamson ua rau nws xav tsis thoob nrog kev ua koob tsheej hnub yug. Tab sis nyob rau qee lub sij hawm hnub ntawd, Adamson tau sau rau hauv tsab ntawv, lawv pom cov ntshav txhaws txhaws cov kua dej uas tseem tshuav tom qab kev phais. Lawv ua raws li cov lus qhia ua ntej thiab hu nws tus kws kho mob lub chaw haujlwm. Tus neeg ua haujlwm uas teb tau hais rau lawv Kamelle tau hu xov tooj thiab nws yuav hu rov qab sai sai. Nws yeej tsis tau ua.

Tag kis sawv ntxov, Rita nkees heev mus rau lub tsev teev ntuj. Adamson xav nyob hauv tsev nrog nws, tab sis hais tias nws hais tias nws tuaj koom. Nws rov qab los pom nws pw hauv txoj kev.

Rita tau ntshav tuag. 

Adamson tsis paub yog vim li cas Kamelle tsis teb rau hnub so. Nws hais tias, “Kuv yog ib tug neeg layman. "Kuv paub dab tsi?" Tab sis Kamelle yuav tom qab ntawd hais tias nws tsis tau txais nplooj ntawv kiag li vim nws nyob hauv "qhov chaw tuag." 

"Kuv puas tau liam nws rau nws txoj kev tuag?" Adamson nug. “Tsis yog, tsis yog tiag. Tab sis hnub ntawd nws yuav tsum tau hu kuv rov qab. " 

Rita thiab Bill Adamson koom ib sab.
Rita thiab Bill Adamson tau yees duab ntawm ib lub tshoob, ob lub lis piam ua ntej Rita tuag hauv 2016. Rita muaj sia nyob mob qog noj ntshav rau rau xyoo thiab los ntshav hauv tsev tom qab tus kws kho mob hu, Dr. Scott Kamelle, ua tsis tiav nws thiab nws tus txiv txoj kev txhawj xeeb. hu. (Courtesy ntawm Bill Adamson)

Adamson nrhiav kev lav phib xaub los ntawm Aurora thiab Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, uas tso cai rau cov kws kho mob. Wisconsin Watch nrhiav kev xam phaj nrog Kamelle thiab Advocate Aurora Health kev coj noj coj ua, tab sis tus kws tshaj lij tsis ua rau lawv muaj.

Rita "yuav muaj sia nyob ntev dua yog tias Dr. Kamelle tau teb rau nws nplooj ntawv," Adamson tau sau ntawv rau DSPS. "Kuv lub hom phiaj yog kom paub tseeb tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim rau kuv tus poj niam yuav tsis tshwm sim rau ib tus neeg yav tom ntej." 

DSPS pom tsis muaj kev ua txhaum cai lij choj lossis cov cai hauv Adamson qhov kev tsis txaus siab. Aurora kuj tsis pom Kamelle ua txhaum, txawm hais tias tus poj niam cev lus tau lees paub hauv nqe lus hais tias lub tsev kho mob "txoj kev hu xov tooj rau hnub ntawd tsis ua haujlwm raws li lub hom phiaj thiab tau hais." 

DSPS tseem tsis tau tshaj tawm ib qho kev qhuab qhia hauv lwm qhov kev tsis txaus siab tawm tsam Kamelle xa los ntawm tsoomfwv cov tub ceev xwm los ntawm tsoomfwv foob. Thiab kev tshuaj xyuas Kamelle txoj kev coj ua los ntawm Aurora St. Luke zoo ib yam qhia tias tsis muaj kev ua txhaum, lub tsev kho mob tau hais.

Lwm qhov kev tsis txaus siab tshwm sim

Kev txhawj xeeb txog Kamelle qhov kev coj ua tau rov tshwm sim hauv DSPS qhov kev tsis txaus siab uas tau foob los ntawm tib tus kws kho mob uas hais lus foob rau tsoomfwv. Wisconsin Watch tau txais DSPS qhov kev tsis txaus siab los ntawm kev qhib cov ntaub ntawv thov thiab tau hais kom tus kws txiav txim plaub ntug txiav txim siab tsis lees qhov kev foob foob hauv Tebchaws Meskas rau Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Sab Hnub Tuaj ntawm Wisconsin. 

Ib qho screenshot ntawm Aurora Health Care site ntawm Scott Kamelle qhov kev nyeem ntawv profile, "Scott Kamelle, MD. Tsib Lub Hnub Qub. 1,510 Ratings, 539 Reviews. Speciality: Gynecologic Oncology. Aurora Health Care Medical Group provider."
Aurora St. Luke's Dr. Scott Kamelle's profile page yog pom nyob rau ntawm Aurora Health Care lub vev xaib. Kev tsis txaus siab ntawm tus kws tshaj lij hais tias Kamelle cov neeg mob muaj kev phom sij, thiab tsav cov nqi, nrog rau kev phais ntxiv thiab cov khoom tsis pom zoo rau kev siv sab hauv. Thaum nug txog kev tawm tswv yim, Aurora tau tso tseg qhov kev iab liam no.

Tus kws tshaj tawm xov xwm tau thim qhov kev foob hauv 2020 tom qab tsoomfwv tsis kam koom nrog ua tus foob hauv rooj plaub. Thaum lub tsev hais plaub tsis tau kaw qhov kev tsis txaus siab, nws tsis kam muab cov ntaub ntawv uas muaj "cov ntaub ntawv tsis pub lwm tus paub txog cov xwm txheej ntawm tsoomfwv txoj kev tshawb xyuas lub sijhawm ntawd thiab cov txheej txheem tshawb nrhiav siv los ntawm tsoomfwv."

Tus kws kho mob, nrog rau xya lwm tus kws kho mob uas xam phaj los ntawm Wisconsin Watch, tau thov kom tsis qhia npe vim tias muaj kev ua phem rau kev hais lus tawm. Ua ke, xya tus kws kho mob tau hais txog qhov kev soj ntsuam ntawm tus kheej ntawm Kamelle cov kev iab liam, ua pov thawj cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm tus kws tshaj lij cov lus iab liam. 

Tsis tas li ntawd, ib qho ntawm Kamelle cov kev coj ua - niaj hnub muab tso rau hauv ureteral stents - tsis tshua muaj qhia, tshwm sim tsawg dua 3% ntawm cov neeg mob loj hauv kev phais gynecological, kev tshawb fawb qhia. 

Cov emails qhia tus kws kho mob hu xov tooj kuj ceeb toom cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv tsev kho mob rau nws qhov kev txhawj xeeb. Ob tug kws kho mob hais rau Wisconsin Watch tias lawv kuj tau nrhiav kev cuam tshuam los ntawm cov thawj coj hauv tsev kho mob.

"Qhov kev nkag siab ntawm Aurora yog Dr. Kamelle yog qhov tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam," DSPS tus kws tshawb fawb tau sau rau hauv ib tsab ntawv sau txog cov lus los ntawm ib tus kws kho mob uas raug xam phaj hauv rooj plaub. Tus kws kho mob tau hais tias "Kev tswj hwm yuav tsis hais txog cov teeb meem uas tau coj los rau lawv mloog nrog Dr. Kamelle," tus kws kho mob hais.

Tus thawj ntawm cov neeg hais lus tsis txaus siab: tias Kamelle niaj hnub cog cov hmoov thiab cov khoom siv mesh, tso cov ureteral stents thiab koom nrog cov kws phais ntxiv hauv txhua qhov tshwj tsis yog kev phais me me uas tsis muaj kev kho mob, ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo ntxiv thiab muaj teeb meem tshwm sim. (Tus kws lij choj Aurora tam sim no tab tom ntsib a kev ua plaub ntug hauv chav kawm ntsig txog nws cov nqi siab.)

Qhov kev tsis txaus siab DSPS hais txog ntau qhov kev tshuaj xyuas sab hauv ua los ntawm Aurora uas tau liam tias pom Kamelle cov kev phais neeg hlau raug nqi ob zaug ntau dua, nrog rau "tus nqi siab dua ntawm cov kab mob hauv plab," nyob hauv tsev kho mob ntev dua thiab ntau dua ntawm kev phais qhib piv rau ob ntawm nws cov phooj ywg. Aurora tsis kam muab cov kev tshuaj xyuas sab hauv rau Wisconsin Watch.

Thaum nug txog kev tawm tswv yim, Aurora tau tso tseg qhov kev iab liam no. 

Dr. Frank LaVora, tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv ntawm Aurora's Greater Milwaukee tus neeg mob thaj chaw pabcuam, tau hais hauv nqe lus hais tias "Cov lus thov tau raug tshawb xyuas zoo los ntawm cov txheej txheem muaj zog uas suav nrog kev tshuaj xyuas tus kws kho mob ywj pheej," 

LaVora tau hais tias qhov kev tshuaj ntsuam pom tau pom Kamelle "ua tau raws li txhua tus qauv kev saib xyuas thiab tsis muaj lub sijhawm rau kev txhim kho kho mob tau raug txheeb xyuas," tab sis tus kws tshaj lij tsis kam muab kev tshuaj ntsuam xyuas.

False claims foob foob 

Tus kws kho mob yav dhau los Aurora tau thov rau tsoomfwv cuav foob foob hais txog Kamelle qhov "tsis ncaj ncees thiab niaj hnub" kev siv cov khoom ntawm Aurora tsim los ntawm cov chaw tsim khoom siv kho mob ACell. 

Screenshot ntawm MicroMatric los ntawm ACell site.
MicroMatrix tau tshaj tawm hauv ACell lub vev xaib raws li cov khoom lag luam tswj qhov txhab tsim nyog rau "qhov txhab mob thiab mob ntev." Hauv xyoo 2010, ACell kev tswj hwm tau qhia cov neeg ua haujlwm muag MicroMatrix rau kev siv sab hauv, txawm tias tsis tau txais kev pom zoo los ntawm FDA, raws li tsoomfwv kev ua txhaum cai thiab kev cog lus cog lus. Hauv xyoo 2011, ACell tau tshawb pom MicroMatrix muaj kev phom sij ntau ntawm cov co toxins hu ua endotoxins thiab koom nrog kev rov qab tsis raug cai.

Xws li kev cai lij choj, tseem hu ua qui tam laws, tso cai rau tus neeg tshaj tawm xov xwm, hu ua "cov neeg txheeb ze," coj mus rau pej xeem lossis kev foob txhaum cai rau cov neeg uas tau dag tsoomfwv tsoomfwv. Nws yog feem ntau siv rau nrhiav thiab foob Medicare thiab Medicaid cov ntaub ntawv kev dag ntxias. 

Peb xyoos dhau los, ib tus neeg ua haujlwm ACell yav dhau los tau foob nws tus kheej qui tam qhov kev txiav txim hauv Maryland tawm tsam lub tuam txhab, ib feem ntawm kev liam tias nws tau dag ntxias ua lag luam ib qho ntawm nws cov khoom - "cov ntaub qhwv lub qhov txhab" hu ua MicroMatrix - rau kev siv sab hauv, thaum Khoom Noj thiab Kev Tswj Xyuas Tshuaj tsuas tau pom zoo rau kev siv sab nraud.

Hauv 2019, Maryland foob tau ua rau muaj kev sib hais plaub ntug los ntawm ACell. Lub tuam txhab tau pom zoo them $ 15 lab los daws kev txhaum cai thiab pej xeem kev lav phib xaub uas tshwm sim los ntawm kev sib liam tias, ib feem, ACell "ua rau muaj kev lees paub tsis raug xa mus rau tsoomfwv cov kev pabcuam kev noj qab haus huv" rau MicroMatrix, raws li tsab ntawv tshaj tawm los ntawm US Department of Justice. ACell kuj tau thov txim rau ib qho kev ua txhaum cai rau kev ua tsis tiav thiab tsis kam tshaj tawm rov qab nws cov khoom rau FDA.

Txoj Cai False Claims Act tso cai rau cov neeg sib tham xov xwm kom rov qab tau ib feem ntawm cov nqi uas raug dag. Tus neeg ua haujlwm qub ACell tau txais ze li $ 2.4 lab. 

Kev foob foob yuam kev ua rau DSPS xa mus

Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv thiab Tib Neeg Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv Hauv Tebchaws Meskas tau xa tus kws phais mob cov lus tsis raug cai hais txog Kamelle rau lub xeev DSPS rau kev tshawb nrhiav, tus kws tshaj lij lub koomhaum tau lees paub. 

DSPS kaw qhov rooj plaub, hais tias "cov lus sib liam tsis tuaj yeem lees paub." 

Tsis yog DSPS lossis tus neeg soj ntsuam lub chaw haujlwm yuav tsis muab Wisconsin Watch nrog rau cov lus tsis txaus siab uas raug xa mus. Tab sis cov emails tau txais los ntawm Wisconsin Watch muab qhov pom ntawm qhov DSPS tshawb nrhiav.

Lub koom haum tau tshuaj xyuas yim txheej txheem uas Kamelle tau ua hauv 2019 thiab 2020 - xyoo tom qab 2010-16 lub sijhawm uas tus kws tshaj tawm xov xwm tau txhawj xeeb. Tag nrho cov txheej txheem yog "radical dissection rau qog debulking, them nqi raws li kev phais thawj, nrog rau cov plab hnyuv ob leeg," nrog rau tib daim nqi.

Cov emails tsis tau hais txog ACell. Tab sis txhua qhov xwm txheej tau lees paub tus kws tshaj lij tshaj tawm cov lus sib liam tseem ceeb txog ureteral stents thiab cov kws phais ntxiv. 

Tus kws kho mob urologist tau koom nrog hauv txhua yim qhov xwm txheej, tso ureteral stent nyob rau hauv xya lossis yim kis - cov ntaub ntawv tsis pom zoo. Tsis tas li ntawd, nyob rau hauv tag nrho yim qhov xwm txheej, ib los yog ob qho ntxiv cov kab mob hauv plab los yog cov kws phais neeg mob tau muab "kev pab phais."

Nyob rau hauv teb rau DSPS kaw qhov teeb meem, tus xovxwm xovxwm rov hais dua nws cov lus iab liam nyob rau hauv ib tug cais tsis txaus siab, uas tseem tseem tos. Kamelle kuj tau ua ntawv tsis txaus siab tawm tsam tus kws tshaj tawm xov xwm, uas lub koom haum tau tso tseg.

Cov khoom tsis huv siv

Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws ua txhaum cai thiab daim ntawv cog lus cog lus hais tias ACell's "cov thawj coj loj tau qhia nws lub zog muag muag MicroMatrix rau kev siv sab hauv" txawm tias tsis tau pom zoo los ntawm FDA.

Thiab qee yam ntawm cov khoom uas ACell tsis tsim nyog txhawb cov kws kho mob siv sab hauv tau tshwm sim kom muaj kab mob. Hauv xyoo 2011, lub tuam txhab nrhiav pom MicroMatrix muaj qhov txaus ntshai ntawm cov co toxins hu ua endotoxins. 

Ib qho screenshot ntawm ACell qhov chaw piav txog 'The Ideal BioMaterial'.
MatriStem Wound Sheets thiab MatriStem Wound Powder tau piav qhia nyob rau hauv 2011 version ntawm ACell lub vev xaib. Hauv xyoo 2011, ACell pom muaj kev phom sij ntau ntawm endotoxins hauv PSMX Sheets, uas tau pom zoo rau kev siv sab hauv, thiab rov qab los.

Endotoxin raug kis tuaj yeem ua rau kub taub hau, kis kab mob, septic shock thiab tuag. FDA tau teeb tsa qhov kev txwv rau qhov pom zoo ntawm cov tshuaj endotoxins - 20 units - hauv cov cuab yeej kho mob npaj rau kev cog qoob loo sab hauv. ACell pom qee qhov muaj ntau txog 272 units.

Nws pom muaj kev phom sij txaus ntshai hauv cov khoom sib cais - PSMX Cov Ntawv, uas tau pom zoo rau kev siv sab hauv - thiab. ACell tau ceeb toom rau FDA thiab cov pej xeem tias nws tab tom xa rov qab.

Tab sis raws li daim ntawv cog lus thov, ACell "tsis tau ua kom rov qab los yog tshem tawm" cov kab mob MicroMatrix. 

Lub tuam txhab pib ua ntsiag to, xaiv rov qab los tom qab lwm qhov kev sim nyob rau lub Ib Hlis 2012 rov pom qhov txaus ntshai ntawm endotoxins hauv MicroMatrix. Lub tuam txhab cov thawj coj loj tau ntsiag to tshem tawm cov pob loj dua ntawm MicroMatrix uas tsis muaj kab mob vim lawv paub tias "tau siv sab hauv" - dua, tsis zoo rau FDA cov lus qhia - tab sis nws tsis tau ceeb toom rau FDA, ua txhaum txoj cai, raws li daim ntawv cog lus thov.

Tsis yog ACell tau nthuav tawm qhov kis kab mob rau cov kws kho mob, tsev kho mob lossis lawv tus kheej muag khoom. Qee cov neeg sawv cev txuas ntxiv mus muag cov khoom tsis huv, cov pob loj dua tom qab raug qhia kom xa lawv rov qab mus rau lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm.

Raws li rau cov ntim me me ntawm MicroMatrix, uas muaj cov kab mob sib kis tau zoo ib yam, ACell tsis ua dab tsi. Nws tsis tau tshem tawm cov pob me me, thiab tsis tau qhia rau cov kws kho mob lossis tsev kho mob txog kev sib kis, vim hais tias, raws li lub tuam txhab CEO, nws muaj "tus nqi ntau dhau lawm." 

Thaum ob peb tus kws kho mob hais rau ACell lawv cov neeg mob tau ntsib teeb meem, lub tuam txhab tsis tau tshaj tawm cov kab mob sib kis.

Kamelle 'ib txwm' siv ACell

Tus kws kho mob yws yws hauv nws qhov kev tsis txaus siab DSPS tsis tu ncua uas Kamelle koom nrog "txoj kev cog qoob loo ntawm cov khoom siv tsis tsim nyog thiab cov hmoov biologic" uas tshwm sim los ntawm kev sib raug zoo nrog tus neeg muag khoom ACell.

Ib tus kws kho mob thib ob, uas tau thov Wisconsin Watch tsis qhia npe, hais rau DSPS tias nws tau cog lus rau US Attorney's Office txog Kamelle siv ACell mesh.

Ib qho screenshot ntawm ACell Products.
Nplooj ntawv ACell cov khoom lag luam los ntawm 2012 tshaj tawm tias lawv "MatriStem Devices tuaj yeem siv rau ntau yam kev kho mob nrog rau kev kho mob, urological, gynecological thiab gastroenterological phais."

Raws li cov ntsiab lus ntawm qhov kev xam phaj DSPS thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2022, ua ib feem ntawm Kamelle qhov kev tsis txaus siab tsis txaus ntseeg tawm tsam tus kws tshaj lij, tus kws kho mob tau lees paub rau tus kws tshaj lij, hais tias nws yog "tus kws kho mob zoo heev" uas nws yuav tso cai rau nws tus poj niam ua haujlwm. 

Nws xav tias qhov tsis sib xws ntawm Kamelle, thiab thov tus neeg sawv cev ACell tau ua tus txiv neej zoo tshaj plaws hauv Kamelle lub tshoob, lub koom haum cov ntaub ntawv tau hais.

Ob tus neeg uas tau pom Kamelle txoj kev phais mob thiab thov kom tsis qhia npe los tiv thaiv lawv txoj haujlwm kuj tau hais tias lawv tau pom muaj kev sib raug zoo ntawm Kamelle thiab tus neeg sawv cev ACell, uas ib tus neeg nco qab tau nyob hauv tsev kho mob "txhua lub sijhawm." 

Los ntawm 2013-16, Kamelle qhia tau txais $8,135 hauv kev cob qhia tsis raug lees paub thiab zaub mov thiab dej haus los ntawm ACell, raws li cov ntaub ntawv pej xeem. Hauv kev sib piv rau nws cov phooj ywg Aurora, ib tus kws kho mob qog noj ntshav tau txais nyiaj xoom los ntawm ACell, thiab ob leeg tau txais tsuas yog $ 100 thiab $ 160 hauv zaub mov thiab dej haus.

ACell tus kheej cov zaub mov thiab dej haus them rau Kamelle muaj txog li $231 hauv ib hnub. Txoj cai Aurora ntawm khoom plig thiab kev ua lag luam tau ua nyob rau xyoo 2010 thiab hloov kho xyoo 2016 hais tias "Aurora cov neeg zov me nyuam tuaj yeem txais pluas noj me me" tsis pub ntau tshaj $ 25 rau pluas tshais thiab pluas su thiab $ 50 rau noj hmo.

"Nws ib txwm ua rau koj xav tsis thoob, tab sis nws nyuaj heev rau tsuas yog saib cov ntaub ntawv thiab paub tseeb tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim," Joan Krause, kws tshaj lij txoj cai lij choj kev noj qab haus huv thiab University of North Carolina tus kws lij choj hais. “Peb puas paub tseeb tias qhov no yog noj hmo zoo rau cov neeg? Los yog qhov no puas yog noj su ua haujlwm, qhov twg lawv ua ib yam dab tsi tiag tiag? Koj tsis tuaj yeem qhia qhov ntawd los ntawm cov ntaub ntawv. "

Kev siv mesh nug

Tus kws tshaj tawm xov xwm liam tias Kamelle qee zaus raug txiav txim siab siv lub mesh los tiv thaiv qhov chaw mos cuff dehiscence, thaum sab saum toj ntawm qhov chaw mos tawg. Ib tus kws kho mob thib ob - uas tsis xav kom muaj npe vim kev ntshai ntawm kev ua pauj - tau lees paub tus lej no.

Ib qho kos npe sab nraud ntawm Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center.
Aurora tshem tawm cov lus iab liam uas tau hais los ntawm tus kws tshaj lij hais tias Dr. Scott Kamelle niaj hnub cog cov hmoov thiab cov khoom siv mesh, tso cov ureteral stents thiab koom nrog cov kws phais ntxiv hauv txhua qhov tshwj tsis yog kev phais me me uas tsis muaj kev kho mob, ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo ntxiv thiab muaj teeb meem tshwm sim. Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center tau pom nyob hauv Milwaukee thaum Lub Peb Hlis 16, 2023. (Jonmaesha Beltran / Wisconsin Saib)

Txawm hais tias mesh tau siv los kho cov mob hnyav ntawm tus mob no, nws tsis tshua muaj - tshwm sim tsawg dua 1% ntawm hysterectomies, kev tshawb fawb qhia. 

Kev kis kab mob endotoxin tuaj yeem tsis tshua muaj kev txhawj xeeb ntawm no, vim tias ACell tau rov qab nco txog nws cov kab mob PSMX mesh hauv xyoo 2011. Tab sis DSPS qhov kev tsis txaus siab tau liam tias kev tshuaj xyuas sab hauv ntawm cov teeb meem ntawm kev phais gynecology los ntawm 2013 txog 2015 pom tias Kamelle muaj "tus kab mob ntau dua. , nyob hauv tsev kho mob ntev dua thiab ntau dua ntawm cov kev phais qhib "piv rau ob tug Aurora gynecological oncologists. 

Qhov kev tsis txaus siab tau liam tias qhov kev tshawb pom tau ua rau cov kws kho mob pib tshuaj xyuas Kamelle txoj kev phais mob, uas tom qab ntawd tau "tshem tawm los ntawm Aurora cov thawj coj."

Plaub tus neeg ntxiv uas tau soj ntsuam Kamelle qhov kev phais ntawm xyoo 2011 thiab 2016 tau lees paub rau Wisconsin Watch tias lawv tau pom Kamelle nquag siv ACell cov ntaub ntawv. Txhua tus tau thov kom tsis qhia npe los tiv thaiv lawv txoj haujlwm. Ob tug tim khawv no tshwj xeeb nco txog Kamelle siv cov hmoov MicroMatrix, uas tsis tau pom zoo rau kev siv sab hauv. 

Tus neeg tsis txaus siab hais tias nws ntseeg tias Kamelle niaj hnub siv cov mesh thiab MicroMatrix hmoov yam tsis tau qhia rau nws cov neeg mob lossis tau txais lawv qhov kev tso cai. Nws liam tias nws tau saib daim ntawv tso cai phais thiab tham nrog cov neeg mob hauv cov kev phais uas nws tau los ntawm Kamelle, thiab hais tias nws tau tham nrog tus neeg sawv cev ACell thiab lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm. 

Nws hais rau DSPS nws ntshai tias yuav muaj ntau tus poj niam uas tsis paub txog muaj cov tshuaj lom neeg lossis cov khoom siv mesh hauv lawv lub cev, sau ntawv: "Kuv ntseeg tiag tiag qhov no yog qhov teeb meem tseem ceeb ntawm kev nyab xeeb thiab xav tau kev saib xyuas tam sim."

Aurora tsis teb cov lus nug txog seb nws puas tau tshawb xyuas Kamelle kev siv cov khoom siv ACell, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv lub teeb ntawm 2019 tsoom fwv cov kev tshawb pom tias lub tuam txhab tau nyob ntsiag to thiab tsis tiav rov qab los ntawm cov khoom txaus ntshai, paug. Tab sis tus poj niam cev lus tau hais los ntawm email tias lub tsev kho mob saw tsis tau pib siv cov khoom ACell txog thaum nruab nrab xyoo 2012, tom qab cov khoom rov qab.

Puas tsim nyog stents? 

Tus neeg tsis txaus siab hais ntxiv tias Kamelle tau tso ureteral stents nyob rau hauv yuav luag txhua qhov kev phais loj, uas tuaj yeem ua rau muaj teeb meem thiab qhov uas nws tau thov yog qhov tsis tsim nyog kho mob.

Stents tuav qhib lub ureters, cov hlab uas nqa zis los ntawm ob lub raum mus rau lub zais zis. Kev tso stent tuaj yeem ua rau cov ntshav los yog txhaws hauv cov zis, nrog rau cov kab mob uas tuaj yeem ua rau lub raum tsis ua haujlwm. Nrog rau cov teeb meem tshwm sim, stenting tsis tsim nyog kuj ntxiv sijhawm thiab nqi.

Sab nraum Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center.
Dr. Frank LaVora, tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv ntawm Aurora's Greater Milwaukee tus neeg mob thaj chaw pabcuam, tau hais hauv nqe lus hais tias kev tshuaj xyuas tus kws kho mob ywj pheej pom tau tias Dr. Scott Kamelle "ua tau raws li txhua tus qauv kev saib xyuas thiab tsis muaj sijhawm rau kev txhim kho kho mob tau txheeb xyuas." Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center tau pom nyob hauv Milwaukee thaum Lub Peb Hlis 16, 2023. (Jonmaesha Beltran / Wisconsin Saib)

Plaub tus kws kho mob tshwj xeeb hais tias lawv tus kheej tau pom cov kws kho mob urology tso stents rau feem ntau ntawm Kamelle cov neeg mob. Ob tug kws kho mob hais tias nws yog "kev paub zoo" uas nws muaj qhov chaw urology stents hauv txhua kis. Thaum DSPS tau tshuaj xyuas yim ntawm Kamelle cov teeb meem los ntawm 2019 thiab 2020, lawv pom tias nws muaj urologists tso stents tsawg kawg yog xya. 

Ib txoj kev tshawb fawb xyoo 2011 ntawm ib qho kev noj qab haus huv pom tias cov kws kho mob tau tso cov ureteral stents nyob rau hauv xwb 2.3% ntawm cov neeg mob loj hauv kev phais gynecological. Nws pom zoo tawm tsam qhov kev coj ua vim tias cov txheej txheem tsis zoo tiv thaiv ureteral raug mob thiab ntxiv tus nqi tseem ceeb. 

2016 soj ntsuam kws muaj txuj series tsab xov xwm nyob rau hauv American College of Obstetricians thiab Gynecologists 'cov phau ntawv journal kuj tau qhia tias preoperative ureteral stenting tsis txo qhov raug mob ntawm ureteral thiab "tsis raug nqi ntawm ntau theem ntawm kev raug mob." 

"Kuv tsis paub txog lwm tus kws kho mob gynecological oncologist uas niaj hnub tso cov ureteral stents," tus kws tshaj lij hais rau DSPS.

Nws hais tias nws khaws cia cov ntaub ntawv ntawm Kamelle qhov tshwm sim tsis zoo rau kev phais rau "ob peb hlis" hauv 2015 los qhia rau Aurora kev coj noj coj ua. Nws hais tias nws tau sau txog 10 qhov xwm txheej ntawm lub raum tsis ua haujlwm, qee qhov yuav tsum tau lim ntshav ib ntus "raws li qhov kev ua haujlwm niaj hnub no, tsis muaj kev ntxub ntxaug thiab tsis tsim nyog tso cov ureteral stents xaj los ntawm Dr. Kamelle." 

Nws hais ntxiv tias nws tau sau tseg 28 ntawm Kamelle cov neeg mob uas tau ua cov txheej txheem tsis tsim nyog nrog rau lawv cov kev phais tsim nyog uas nws tau liam tias ua rau muaj teeb meem, suav nrog "ob peb tus neeg tuag sai tom qab kev phais tsis muaj txiaj ntsig." 

Cov kws phais neeg raug nqi ntxiv koom nrog

Raws li tus kws tshaj tawm xov xwm, Kamelle - tsis tas yuav tsum tau kho mob - kuj tau sau npe kev pab los ntawm lwm tus kws phais mob hauv yuav luag tag nrho nws cov kev phais loj. 

"Gynecological oncologists yog cov kws phais neeg uas tau kawm ntau yam thiab xav tias yuav ua cov kev phais mob hauv plab," nws hais rau DSPS, hu rau kev pabcuam niaj hnub ntawm lwm tus "tus chij liab."

Plaub tus neeg uas muaj kev paub ncaj qha ntawm Kamelle txoj kev phais mob los ntawm 2011-2016 tau lees paub tias lawv tau pom Kamelle niaj hnub koom nrog cov kws kho mob urologist thiab cov kws phais neeg mob lossis cov kws phais neeg mob. 

Sab nraum Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center.
Hauv kev xam phaj nrog tus kws tshawb fawb DSPS, tus kws kho mob ntawm Aurora tau thov tias kev tswj hwm tsis kam hais txog cov teeb meem uas tau hais txog Dr. Scott Kamelle. Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center tau pom nyob hauv Milwaukee thaum Lub Peb Hlis 16, 2023. (Jonmaesha Beltran / Wisconsin Saib)

Qee tus couched lawv cov lus los ntawm kev sau tseg tias vim lawv tsis yog gynecological oncologists, nws nyuaj rau lawv los ntsuas qhov tsim nyog. Tab sis txhua tus hais tias Kamelle kev siv cov kws kho mob sib koom ua ke deb tshaj li lwm tus kws kho mob qog noj ntshav uas lawv tau ntsib.

Nyob rau hauv cov lus tsis txaus siab DSPS, nws tau hais tias Kamelle "kev koom tes niaj hnub" ntawm lwm tus kws phais mob rau "tsis muaj kev ntseeg siab thiab tsis muaj peev xwm." Nws hais tias ntxiv cov kws phais mob "nce nyiaj tau los rau kev saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv" thaum tseem ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam.

Ib ntawm plaub tus neeg paub txog Kamelle cov kev coj ua tau hais tias tus kws phais mob plab hnyuv "ntev" tso trocars, cov cuab yeej siv hauv kev phais laparoscopic - ib yam dab tsi nws tau hais txawm tias cov neeg kho mob tau ua yam tsis muaj kev pab. 

Qhov kev coj ua zoo li tau txuas ntxiv mus, raws li DSPS kev tshuaj xyuas ntawm yim qhov xwm txheej hauv 2019 thiab 2020 pom tias Kamelle tau sau npe kev txhawb nqa los ntawm cov kws phais neeg mob lossis cov kws phais mob hauv txhua qhov.

Tus neeg mob 'dumping' liam

Tus kws kho mob tau liam hauv nws qhov kev tsis txaus siab DSPS tias Kamelle "ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau tus neeg mob hnyav" thaum nws "rov muab pov tseg" qee cov neeg mob "nyuaj" rau nws cov npoj yaig. Nws tau sau cov kev paub dhau los ntawm cuaj tus neeg mob, qee tus uas nws thov Kamelle hloov mus rau nws qhov kev coj ua yam tsis muaj "kev sib koom ua ntej" lossis tso tseg hauv chav ua haujlwm yam tsis muaj ntawv ceeb toom.

Rita thiab Bill Adamson ua ke rau ib daim duab.
Rita thiab Bill Adamson tau yees duab hauv 2013, nyob rau hnub ua ntej nws thawj zaug phais mob qog noj ntshav ntawm lub tsev kho mob Mayo. (Courtesy ntawm Bill Adamson)

“Dr. Kamelle tsuas yog ua tsis tiav rau kev phais mob hnyav heev thiab ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau tus niam hluas, "cov lus tsis txaus siab hais. Tus poj niam muaj teeb meem xeeb tub uas muaj feem pheej hmoo hu ua placenta accreta thiab xav tau kev phais mob phais mob, "technically nyuaj"Kev phais cuam tshuam nrog C-section yug tom qab tshem tawm ntawm lub tsev menyuam tam sim ntawd.

"Txhua yam tam sim ntawd, hnub ntawm kev phais, Dr. Kamelle tau hais tias nws tawm hauv nroog," txawm tias nws tau teem sijhawm mus ua haujlwm, tus kws kho mob tau liam. Tus kws tshaj tawm xov xwm yuav tsum tau "yuam" mus rau tsev kho mob kom "ua kom muaj kev phais mob hysterectomy." 

Nws hais tias tus thawj coj kho mob tau lees paub nws "kev ua haujlwm," thiab hais tias nws yuav "hu rau kev saib xyuas kev coj noj coj ua."

Cov piv txwv hais los ntawm tus kws tshaj tawm xov xwm hais txog qhov uas Bill Adamson tau hais tias nws thiab nws tus poj niam lig dhau los. Hauv tsab ntawv mus rau DSPS, nws tau sau tias, "Rita thiab kuv tau muaj peb qhov kev cuam tshuam nrog Dr. Kamelle thiab txhua zaus, nws tsis teb lossis teb nrog kev ncua ntev."

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