A jury sided with Anil Kesani, MD, in a civil case accusing the spine surgeon of botching a woman's surgery in 2017, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Aug. 6.
After a three-week-long trial, a Tarrant County jury unanimously found Dr. Kesani wasn't negligent with his care of Lesa Swanson, who sued him in 2019. The trial revealed inconsistencies in her allegations.
Ms. Swanson alleged Dr. Kesani misplaced four of six screws in her back during a 2017 surgery and that they went into her nerves. The complication was corrected within 24 hours, but she alleged she had symptoms after the second surgery and couldn't feel in parts of her right leg.
Dr. Kesani and his wife, dermatologist Shaily Kesani, MD, in 2022 spoke out about the lawsuit and his comparisons to a former neurosurgeon, Christopher Duntsch, also known as "Dr. Death," who was accused of harming dozens of patients.
Ms. Swanson and her representatives didn't respond to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for a request for comment.