Surgeon ‘horrified’ to discover the lung tissue he removed was non-cancerous
Doctors were shocked to discover they had removed a non-malignant lobe following a pathology mix-up, Dr James Edwards tells SA inquest
A cardiothoracic surgeon who removed part of a man’s lung after a pathology bungle misdiagnosed the patient with cancer, said he was “horrified” to learn he had operated on the man unnecessarily.
Royal Adelaide Hospital’s Dr James Edwards was giving evidence during the inquest into the death of Broken Hill man Dennis Jackson.
