Payout right after botched tummy tuck induced stomach button to "erupt" on flight

Patricia Jackson was on a flight from a holiday when the location about her old stomach button ‘unexpectedly burst’. Photograph: Fletchers Solicitors/PA

A woman has been awarded much more than £20,000 compensation right after botched surgical treatment led to her belly button “erupting” on a flight.

Patricia Jackson, 68, of Bridlington, east Yorkshire, underwent a tummy tuck operation to take away excess skin following weight loss, but many years later on her stomach burst, her lawyers mentioned.

She underwent an abdominoplasty by plastic surgeon Edgardo Schiavone, who worked for the Hospital Group in Birmingham in 2005. Added skin and unwanted fat was removed and the muscle tissue were tightened in the abdominal wall, mentioned a spokeswoman for Fletchers Solicitors.

Following the operation, surgeons advised Jackson that they had not produced a new stomach button for her due to the fact there was not adequate skin left in excess of following the operation.

But it later emerged that they had left portion of the outdated one inside her, the spokeswoman mentioned.

In 2011, on a flight back from Portugal, Jackson observed blisters about in which her outdated belly button had been and the spot “unexpectedly burst”, the spokeswoman stated.

Right after the flight, medics discovered her previous stomach button had been left inside her and she had to undergo more reconstructive surgery.

Earlier this year the care property manager was awarded £22,500 compensation right after she efficiently sued the doctor.

“The outcome of my case signifies that awareness has been raised and it can hopefully modify patient care in the long term,” Jackson said.

Jeanette Aspinall, head of medical negligence at Fletchers Solicitors, explained: “This case highlights how straightforward it is for an daily cosmetic surgery procedure, like a tummy tuck, to go wrong, each with the surgical treatment itself and if the proper after-care is not administered.

“Mrs Jackson had the operation to acquire confidence, and rather was subjected to many years of pain and embarrassment.”

• This post was amended on two Could 2014 to make clear that the case was taken against the surgeon, not the Hospital Group.

Payout right after botched tummy tuck induced stomach button to "erupt" on flight