Brain Surgeon Out to Lunch; So Is License
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WILMINGTON, N.C. — A neurosurgeon’s license was suspended after an investigation revealed that he left a patient’s brain exposed for 25 minutes while he got lunch.
The state medical board also said Dr. Raymond Sattler forgot the names of surgical equipment during an operation, told a nurse to drill holes in a patient’s head and work on the outer brain even though she was not trained to do so, and ordered intravenous fluids to be given to him during a procedure because he thought he was going to pass out.
When Sattler left the brain exposed, no other physician was present to care for the patient, the board said.
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