A lawsuit says a Pennsylvania doctor gave an Ohio woman the
wrong kind of breast implants after asking her fiance whether
to continue with the botched operation.
Brittany Daly of Steubenville, Ohio, says she decided on
silicon breast implants on the advice of her doctor, Beverly
Carl. But Daly says Carl's office in Bridgewater,
Pennsylvania, used saline implants during the April 2008
surgery and kept her anaesthetised longer than necessary
while it tried to sort out the problem.
Daly claims that the doctor talked to Daly's fiance about the
mistake while she was knocked out and that he said to go
ahead with saline implants.
Daly says her fiance wasn't authorised to make the decision.
Daly is seeking at least $US300,000 ($NZ427,000) in damages
to have the surgery corrected and for physical and emotional
discomfort.
The doctor did not immediately respond to requests for
comment.
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