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6 results for node dissection

SA2025-06-03

Coroner's Finding: Sears, James Frank

53y · Male·disseminated malignant melanoma

…tage III melanoma. A January 2020 multi-disciplinary team meeting recommended wide local excision and lymph node dissection, but this critical surgery was never performed due to communication breakdown between dermatolog…

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VIChospital2020-01-31

Finding into death of Brett Maybus

60y · Male·Haemorrhage complicating a left robotic upper mediastinal lymph node clearance i…

Brett Maybus, aged 60, died from massive haemorrhage following robotic mediastinal lymph node dissection for recurrent metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. The coroner found the fatal bleed was likely c…

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VIC2011-07-21

Finding into death of Cherie Deanne Alderson

42y · Female·Metastatic breast cancer

Cherie Alderson, aged 42, died from metastatic breast cancer at a hospice after progressive deterioration. She had cerebral palsy from infancy and lived in Department of Human Services care for 42 years. Diagnosed with b…

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TAShospital2021-04-12

Coroner's Finding: Davis, Graeme Charles

56y · Male·sepsis

A 56-year-old man died from sepsis following elective bladder cancer surgery. Post-operative infection developed with clear clinical signs: elevated CRP (205-284 mg/L), positive bacterial cultures (Staphylococcus aureus,…

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VIChome2021-12-21

Finding into death of Geoffrey Alan Locks

50y · Male·Tracheostomy site haemorrhage in a man with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (t…

A 50-year-old man died from tracheostomy site haemorrhage 36 days after laryngectomy for recurrent laryngeal cancer. He lived alone post-discharge with a MePACS personal alarm system and home nursing visits. When bleedin…

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VIChospital2016-03-02

Finding into death of Susan Ruth Lovell

60y · Female·Complications of metastatic melanoma in the setting of neck of femur fracture fo…

Susan Ruth Lovell, a 60-year-old woman, died from complications of metastatic melanoma in the setting of a neck of femur fracture sustained during a fall. A skin lesion on her left calf, noted in January 2010, was clinic…

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