Physical Biopsy Failures – Cross Contamination of Sample – Is there an alternative?

Physical Biopsy Failures – Cross Contamination of Sample –Is there an alternative?

Part of a healthy lung removed – Coroner Inquest informed

Some of you may have read about a distressing coronial inquest currently in South Australia.

In sum, an Adelaide cardiothoracic surgeon removed part of a man’s lung based upon a biopsy sample that had been incorrectly analysed by a pathology laboratory as being cancerous. The patient’s biopsy sample became cross-contaminated which resulted in the serious error.

It is not known if the Coroner will be informed during the inquest about the alternative technology that can overcome such serious errors in the future.

Unfortunately, the patient died from pneumonia following the operation. The coroner will determine if the operation led to the pneumonia that resulted in the patient’s death.

Clearly, if the now deceased patient had a digital biopsy this would not have happened. In addition, the digital images would be preserved for ever unlike tissue from a physical biopsy.

Is there an alternative?

Yes, Optiscan Imaging’s InVivage. The medical device that will be soon approved by the FDA.

Details of the case follow:

Date: 10/02/2023

Court: Coroners Court

302 King William Street, Adelaide

Judicial Officer: Mr. I. L. White, Deputy State Coroner

Case Title: Dennis Charles Jackson

Hearing Type: Inquest

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