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A Wilmington, South Carolina hospital is under fire because one of its former doctors may have performed the wrong surgery on up to 50 patients. In lawsuits, several of the patients say the doctor promised to do a gastric bypass surgery commonly covered by insurance for patients who need to lose weight. But, instead, the patients say, the doctor did a version of the surgery that most insurance policies do not cover.
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- A doctor may have performed the wrong type of gastric bypass surgery on more than 50 patients at a Wilmington hospital, officials said.
- Dr. Steven E. Olchowski performed the surgeries between December 2000 and the spring of 2002 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, which is facing eight malpractice lawsuits stemming from the weight-loss operations.
- "We cannot be sure about any conversation in Dr. Olchowski's office between him and his patients," Dr. Samuel Spicer, vice president of medical affairs at New Hanover Regional, said Wednesday.
- The lawsuits claim Olchowski told patients he would perform a gastric bypass surgery known as Roux-en-Y, which usually is covered by health insurance.
- According to the lawsuits, he performed minigastric bypass, which usually is not covered.
- The difference between the surgeries is how the stomach and intestines are attached.
- Attorneys for six of the patients said their clients had serious complications such as stomach ulcers and required a second surgery to convert the bypass into a Roux-en-Y.
- It wasn't immediately clear how much the lawsuits sought in compensation.
- Olchowski, 57, resigned from New Hanover Regional in 2003.
- He now practices at Ionia County Memorial Hospital in Michigan.
- He did not return a call Wednesday to the Star-News of Wilmington.
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