DENVER, Colorado – A Colorado surgeon was found guilty Wednesday of manslaughter in the death of a teenage girl who slipped into a coma during surgery to enlarge her breasts and died a year later.
Emmalyn Nguyen, who was 18 when she underwent the procedure on Aug. 1, 2019, at Colorado Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, slipped into a coma and went into cardiac arrest after receiving anesthesia, authorities said.
The young woman died in a nursing home for the elderly in October 2020.
Dr. Geoffrey Kim, 54, who is a plastic surgeon, was found guilty Friday of attempted reckless homicide and obstruction of telephone service.
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