Dr. Greg Vigna, a Board Certified specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a life care planner, states, “Hip drop tackles are probably the most dangerous tackle in football. This led to a ban of the tackle before the 2024 football season. It occurs when the defender grabs the offensive player high, intends to tackle […]

Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and a life care planning expert, states, “As military operations ramp up in the Middle East, certain war-related injuries may re-emerge. One such injury is the ‘deck-slap’ fracture involving the bilateral calcaneus or heel bone. This injury can occur when a vessel is struck […]

Dr. Greg Vigna, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a life care planner, states, “I was fortunate to have trained at Tulane for medical school and then practiced in Louisiana, where many fans hold their star quarterback in extremely high regard. However, no athlete is invincible, and to make matters more challenging, he plays […]

Dr. Greg Vigna, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Life Care Planner states, “I never had the opportunity to cheer for the well-known wide receiver, as he was never a San Francisco 49er. However, he deserves recognition for building Hall of Fame credentials, including leading the league twice after sustaining an injury known to […]

“The classic therapeutic windows for thrombolytics and mechanical thrombectomy has given way to viable brain analysis-based CT angiogram perfusion scans and MRI brain. The literature is clear that every 15-minute delay in intervention makes a difference to all-cause mortality when providing treatment in stroke. Earlier is better, but there are patients outside the 24-hour window […]

Pulmonary embolisms affect 370,000 patients per year and may cause up to 100,000 deaths per year. Patients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism may be managed as an outpatient with direct oral anticoagulant therapy if they have no patient characteristics that place them at higher risk of death. Those with known risk factors require hospital admission and […]

Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, an expert in physical medicine, rehabilitation, and wound care, and Chief Medical Officer of Injury Care Solutions Group, states, “Access to life-saving reconstructive surgery for Stage III and Stage IV pressure injuries has been cut by the Federal Government.” Code of Federal Regulations 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww(m)(6)(A):“Under this dual-rate structure, generally […]

Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, expert in physical medicine and rehabilitation and Chief Medical Officer of Injury Care Solutions Group, says, “Hernia mesh litigation is likely to continue indefinitely, or at least until the last polypropylene mesh device is surgically removed. Reported injuries include intra-abdominal sepsis, bowel obstruction, post-operative soft tissue infections, latent or delayed infection, […]