text: recently i had a tubal litigation done and it was suppose to only be about an inch incision and this dr. has? 35yrs of x-perience.  when he went to cut the spot he hit a main blood vessel artery. he also had a camera tool to use so that it shows him what's inside and so forth.  so now instead of having an one ince scar i have a scar that will go all the way down to my pelvic line.  i'm still recovering from it and it looks awful.  my belly button doesn't even look a belly button anymore and i have a lot of pain on the outsides and inside.  my question is should i sue for medical malpractice because he quote "made a mistake and unfortunately i was the one"?  he's an excellent dr. and we live in a small community and i don't want to tarnish his name but i don't feel that this should of happened.  if i do sue, is there any chance of keeping it silent so that the whole community doesn't know?  thanks. the best thing would be to talk to a lawyer.all doctors have malpractice insurance and it could be done without causing a huge fuss.