State: A Florida doctor did a hip pain procedure. The patient expected one for groin pain
An Orlando area doctor who was supposed to do a procedure to alleviate pain in the patient’s groin or pelvis instead did one that would alleviate pain in the hip, according to the Florida Department of Health.
The administrative complaint filed against Dr. Jason Song said that wasn’t what his patient expected, and thus counts as a wrong procedure.
Administrative complaints start the discipline process, which usually ends with a settlement agreement approved by the state Board of Medicine. Song’s online Department of Health profile shows no previous complaints or discipline issues since becoming licensed in Florida in April 2015.
Song didn’t return a Miami Herald email to the address on his Florida Department of Health profile.
Song’s address on the complaint is in Orlando, but his license currently has the address of Palm Tree Interventional Pain Management clinic in St. Cloud. That’s where, the complaint said, a patient referred to as “S.P.” came on July 20 for a right genitofemoral nerve block.
“Genitofemoral nerve blocks are minimally invasive injections intended to relieve chronic pain in the groin or pelvic region,” according to Florida pain management practice Excel Pain and Spine. “These nerve blocks can help in the diagnosis of chronic groin, testicular, penile, and pelvic pain conditions.”
But, the complaint said, instead of doing that, Song did a right femoral obturator nerve block.
“A femoral-obturator nerve block is used to treat chronic hip pain which may occur after hip surgery or trauma to the hip,” explains the site of Minnesota-based Nura Precision Pain Management.
Song told S.P. about the mistake a week later, on July 27, the complaint said.
This story was originally published March 21, 2022 at 1:57 PM.
