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Surgical Mistakes

For someone about to get surgery, it is often a scary time in his or her life. During surgery, you put your entire health—and your entire life—in the hands of various medical professionals. You expect that this team of individuals will perform surgery that is meant to improve your quality of life or correct a problem. The last thing anyone ever expects is to awaken from the surgery with complications.

If you or a loved one has suffered injuries due to a surgical error, you may be entitled to collect compensation for your injuries. Contact a medical malpractice attorney in your local area to discuss your surgical error malpractice lawsuit.

Examples of surgical malpractice include but are not limited to the following:

• Wrong-site surgery
• Wrong patient surgery
• Incorrect surgical procedure performed
• Surgical instruments left in the body
• Injury to organs, nerves, and blood vessels
• Anesthesia errors
• Nurse errors
• Infections
• Improper surgical technique
• Failing to operate
• Unnecessary surgery
• Wrongful death
• Failure to monitor patients in recovery
• Errors leading to excessive bleeding
• Improper medical device implant
• Nerve damage

Surgical mistakes, as with many medical malpractice lawsuits, can be difficult to prove. Usually, there needs to be additional testimony from an expert in the field that can provide evidence that backs up the claim that a surgeon or doctor was careless. This can usually only be done by carefully looking over medical records that relate directly to the case, as well as any other vital information that is needed in order to prove the surgeon’s negligence. Sadly, medical records are sometimes lost or misplaced, or not readily available when needed. However, our lawyers are experienced in and will work at gathering all the necessary evidence that is required for you to win your case.

If you or a loved one has suffered injuries as a result of surgical mistake by a medical professional? If so, you may be entitled to collect compensation for your injuries. Contact a medical malpractice attorney in your local area to discuss your malpractice case today.

Did you know?
Any type of surgery will often go hand-in-hand with some type of risk. There are sometimes unavoidable situations in which a patient may suffer from harm or injury from a surgery, but that injury should not be the result of carelessness on the part of a medical professional, especially your surgeon.