Surgical Errors Lawyer
in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Surgical errors, hospital errors, and other types of medical errors can cause devastating injuries. Medical professionals are expected to perform their duties without causing additional harm. When a surgeon fails to meet the standard of care for a surgical procedure, he or she has committed medical malpractice. If you've been injured you may need a surgical errors lawyer. Errors made during surgery can be life-altering. They can cause serious injury, permanent disability, or wrongful death. Medical errors occur in hospitals every day. A Johns Hopkins study found that 250,000 people in the U.S. die each year from medical errors.
Most Common Surgical Errors
- Surgery performed on the wrong patient or on the wrong body part
- Wrong procedure or unnecessary surgery
- Retention of a foreign object inside the patient after surgery
- Surgeon injured nerves, organs or other vital body parts
- Failure to obtain a thorough medical history or perform required tests
- Failure to properly sterilize instruments or equipment
- A failure to monitor anesthesia
- Medication errors
