![]() ![]() But as the prosecution exposed how horrible Duntsch’s crimes were it also suggested that blame extended beyond the failed neurosurgeon. It’s incredibly rare for a surgeon to be indicted, much less convicted, for the care he or she provided. He was very narcissistic and he believed this was his playground … He could build anything, sell anything, ruin anything, and he would not suffer the consequences.” According to prosecutor John McCants, “He (Duntsch) is someone who called himself a cold-blooded killer-someone who called himself a god at times, or believed he was a god. ![]() Prosecutors in the trial painted a picture not only of neglectful medical practices, but also of an egotistical neurosurgeon who intentionally harmed patients. Jurors heard testimony from patients that after surgery they were left in chronic pain, with irreparable nerve damage, paralysis, and life threatening infections. Throughout the Dallas trial jurors heard from other patients who Duntsch operated on to to fix back problems, only to be left disfigured or immobilized and left pain. Robert Henderson, who treated Efurd after her botched surgery, said Duntsch had “done virtually everything wrong.” Mary Efurd has been in a wheelchair in severe pain ever since. ![]() Fusion hardware had been misplaced in her soft muscle and she had severed nerve roots and misplaced screw holes on the opposite side of her spine.” Dr. When Efurd woke up following her surgery she was in excruciating pain. The elderly victim, Mary Efurd, was 74 when Duntsch performed what should’ve been a simple fusion of two vertebrae in 2012. Eventually the prosecution made the decision to pursue only the latter charge. After an investigation Dallas police arrested Duntsch in 2015 after he was indicted on five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a single count of harming an elderly person. In 2013, Duntsch had been stripped of his medical license following a series of surgeries that ended with two patients dead, four crippled and several others with surgical waste sewn up inside of them. A Dallas County jury took only a few hours to sentence him, and the former doctor is going to prison for life. In perhaps one of the most egregious malpractice cases I have ever witnessed, Christopher Duntsch was convicted of a first-degree felony for harming an elderly woman in his operating room. ![]()
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