HOUSTON — Surgeons at St. Luke's Hospital At The Vintage are facing a suit they caused a hole in a patient's bowel during a procedure which led to her death.
Ron Kendziora, Steve Landers and Paula Landers filed a complaint March 27 in Harris County District Court against MGH Surgical Care PLLC, The Surgicalist Group, Alen Babakhani, MD, Malek Kanama, MD and others alleging negligence.
According to the plaintiffs' complaint, Stephanie Kendziora, who was 44 years old at the time, was admitted to St. Luke's Hospital At The Vintage on September 12, 2021, and was diagnosed with a gastric leak. They further claim that Babakhani and Kanama performed a procedure on Stephanie Kendziora to place a J-tube for feeding on Sept. 19, 2021.
The plaintiffs allege that due to the defendants' negligence, Stephanie Kendziora suffered from a large hole in bowel, became septic, coded several times and died on Sept. 20, 2021. They claim the defendants caused the large hole and failed to take the necessary steps to make themselves aware that they had caused the hole to occur which caused Kendizora even further complications.
The plaintiffs seek monetary relief, interest and all other just relief. They are represented by J. Wayne Little and Paula Elliott of Elliott & Little in Conroe, Texas.
Harris County District Court case number 2023-19673