Mistakes in Surgery: Medical Malpractice
Surgical errors occur more often than most people might think. When errors cause serious injury or wrongful death, you need to talk to an experienced medical malpractice attorney to get to the truth of what happened.
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Doctors and hospitals do not like to admit mistakes, and they and their insurance companies fight back hard when they are accused of making mistakes. Fighting back takes an experienced medical malpractice lawyer with financial and medical expert resources — lawyers you will find at Brindisi, Murad, Brindisi, Pearlman, Julian & Pertz in upstate New York. Surgical and anesthesia errors can cause serious injury or death.
- A pulmonary embolism or phlebitis can shut down the blood supply to the lungs and can be fatal.
- Nerve damage can cause loss of physical functions.
- Failure to put a bowel section back together properly can cause leaks and catastrophic injuries.
- Operating on the wrong body part or organ means additional surgery and the possibility of an injury that cannot be repaired (such as amputation of the wrong foot).
- Lack of monitoring after surgery can cause patient falls, unnoticed reactions to medications and post-surgical infections.
- Implanting defective medical devices can mean serious injury and a second surgery.
- Patient burns can be caused by operating room equipment.
- Improper IV infusion can seriously injure a patient.
If you suspect medical malpractice caused an injury or death, contact the medical malpractice attorneys at our law firm. We have the experience and the resources to help.
