"Benign" Procedures Still Have Inherent Risks

[Justin]

Well, I just wanted to pass a story along to everyone.

There is a physician at school that has had severe complications from a "routine" CT scan. He was admitted to the hospital for a simple ventral hernia procedure. The CT scan dye caused renal failure and he ended up having multi-system problems and infection, which resulted in a three month stay in the hospital.

This is just a gentle reminder that even procedures / imaging we treat as "benign" like CT scans still have inherent risks. We, as patients, tend to forget this...