A Florida doctor removed two ovaries. Only one should’ve been removed, complaint says
A St. Petersburg gynecologist made an unnecessary ovary removal during a hysterectomy, according to a Florida Department of Health administrative complaint.
The complaint was filed Sept. 12 against Dr. Megan Indermaur, who has been licensed in Florida since May 16, 2006 and board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology since Dec. 11, 2009.
Administrative complaints start the disciplinary process. No previous disciplinary actions have been filed against her license.
The complaint said “A.B.” came to Indermaur for a “robotic-assisted laproscopic hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy with retention of the ovaries.” According to the Cleveland Clinic, that’s a removal of the uterus and the fallopian tubes, but not the ovaries.
The complaint said “intraoperative bleeding” caused Indermaur to remove the right ovary. Then she removed the left ovary, which the complaint said, was “an unauthorized procedure and/or a procedure that is medically unnecessary.”
Indermaur didn’t respond to a Miami Herald email to the address on her license.
Before the Department of Health files an administrative complaint, a complaint to the department’s consumer services division is investigated. An administrative complaint is filed if probable cause is found.
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