Medical Illustration Example - Extent of Injuries to a Baby's Brain Medical Illustration Example - Extent of Injuries to a Baby's Brain| Medical illustrations can show detailed information regarding the injury, surgical procedures, and internal disease that cannot be depicted photographically or as compelling by x-rays, CT scans, or magnetic resonance imaging. These illustrations are extremely useful in simplifying complex medical information into easily comprehensible images. Following is a medical illustration that never made it to trial. It was used in mediation and ended the lawsuit on the spot.
This medical malpractice case involved an incorrect delivery by forceps. The baby was severally brain damaged. A picture of the baby was scanned and used on the visual for impact on the jurors' sympathy. The actual CT scan of the baby's brain was superimposed onto the picture and color was added so anyone could understand what they were seeing. |
