Medical Malpractice: Surgical Errors

Posted by Chell in Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury

You go to the doctors to help treat your medical condition, but sadly, there are instances where the doctors do you more harm than good, like on the instances of medical malpractice.

Medical malpractice happens when a medical professional who has the duty of care to a patient has violated that duty of care, either through action or action, and this violation has resulted into the harm of the patient. According to the website of Russo, Russo & Slania, P.C., negligent medical professionals can be held accountable and forced to provide much-needed compensation to the victims through a medical malpractice lawsuit.

There are different negligent acts, such as misdiagnosis, medication error, and lack of informed consent. But whatever negligent act you have experienced, it doesn’t change the fact that it has health and monetary consequences. One of the most devastating, both in terms of health and monetary consequence, is surgical error.

A surgical error happens when a medical professional has made a mistake before, during, and after a surgical procedure. This is an extremely dangerous mistake because it can lead to the rise of new complications and worsening of existing ones, and the worst thing about it is the fact that the patient doesn’t deserve it. It has only happened because of the negligence of a medical professional.

Below are some of the most common surgical errors:

Anesthesia Error – Too much or too little anesthesia can have devastating effects, including brain damage and extreme pain during surgery.

Foreign Object Error – Surgical tools that are left in the body can be dangerous. Aside from the obvious pain, leaving foreign objects inside the body can lead to organ punctures and infections.

Nerve Damage Error – Speaking of organ punctures, foreign objects are not just the culprits of such, as even the wrong or incompetent use of surgical tools during surgery can also cause such injuries. The most common culprit is the scalpel.

Site Operation Error – This may sound ridiculous because of how incompetent it is, but operating on the wrong body part does happen, resulting into the extraction of the wrong kidney, amputation of the wrong limb, and many other scenarios.