Surgical Malpractice Resulting in Surgery Injuries
by
Bruce Fagel on Jan. 21, 2013
Accident & Injury Medical Malpractice Accident & Injury Personal Injury Accident & Injury Wrongful Death
Summary: Surgical injuries, including from a serious operation or a common elective surgical procedure can result in severe injuries or death for a patient who is the victim of medical malpractice.
There are very few things people fear more or dislike than having surgery. Many people naturally have anxiety when it comes to having a surgical procedure, but nobody wants to contemplate that a surgery injury could result in a serious injury or death. But surgery malpractice does happen despite requirements that hospitals abide by procedures to prevent common mistakes from occurring, including removing the wrong appendage, operating on the wrong side of the body, accidentally cutting a vital organ causing an infection, or an anesthesia error which may result in permanent and severe brain injuries to the patients.
Many people incorrectly believe that only serious surgical procedures such as those done in emergency rooms after an accident or a heart attack cause severe injuries to patients or that experienced surgeons do not make mistakes, only inexperienced surgeons. This is not the case. Thousands of people are seriously injured or die each year from non-emergency procedures, including elective surgery such as plastic surgery or gastric bypass surgery, and experienced surgeons make mistakes as well as inexperienced surgeons. All surgeries have a risk for a serious injury from a surgery mistake, even common elective surgical procedures.
Surgery errors often happen in hospitals and doctors offices. A surgery mistake can happen for many reasons including a shortage of medical staff, when the medical professionals fail to properly communicate with each other, if the surgeon is tired,upset, overworked, stressed, on medication, or when a surgeon makes a technical mistake. In the case of a shortage of medical staff, including in the emergency room, a patient who is in need of an emergency procedure may have to wait for an available surgeon who is in the middle of another operation or outside the medical facility, thereby causing the patient’s medical condition to rapidly deteriorate, leading to an even more serious emergency.
Surgery malpractice also happens at doctors offices and surgery centers where patients may be in even more danger if a medical emergency occurs. If a patient encounters problems with the anesthesia and needs emergency help, the doctor may not have access to a trained medical staff including OR nurses and emergency physicians critical to helping the patient stay alive. The patient may be kept waiting for a long period of time for an ambulance to arrive and transport him or her to a hospital. During that time, the patient’s medical condition may get worse, possibly resulting in a permanent and severe brain injury or death.
If you or a family member have been seriously injured or died from medical malpractice including a surgery injury, call the Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates at (800) 541-9376 for a free legal consultation. Dr. Bruce Fagel is a top Los Angeles medical malpractice lawyer and a licensed medical doctor. In fact, Dr. Fagel practiced emergency medicine for over 10 years before becoming a lawyer, so he understands exactly how hospitals and medical facilities should operate and where medical malpractice took place that may have been responsible for your injuries.
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Many people incorrectly believe that only serious surgical procedures such as those done in emergency rooms after an accident or a heart attack cause severe injuries to patients or that experienced surgeons do not make mistakes, only inexperienced surgeons. This is not the case. Thousands of people are seriously injured or die each year from non-emergency procedures, including elective surgery such as plastic surgery or gastric bypass surgery, and experienced surgeons make mistakes as well as inexperienced surgeons. All surgeries have a risk for a serious injury from a surgery mistake, even common elective surgical procedures.
Surgery errors often happen in hospitals and doctors offices. A surgery mistake can happen for many reasons including a shortage of medical staff, when the medical professionals fail to properly communicate with each other, if the surgeon is tired,upset, overworked, stressed, on medication, or when a surgeon makes a technical mistake. In the case of a shortage of medical staff, including in the emergency room, a patient who is in need of an emergency procedure may have to wait for an available surgeon who is in the middle of another operation or outside the medical facility, thereby causing the patient’s medical condition to rapidly deteriorate, leading to an even more serious emergency.
Surgery malpractice also happens at doctors offices and surgery centers where patients may be in even more danger if a medical emergency occurs. If a patient encounters problems with the anesthesia and needs emergency help, the doctor may not have access to a trained medical staff including OR nurses and emergency physicians critical to helping the patient stay alive. The patient may be kept waiting for a long period of time for an ambulance to arrive and transport him or her to a hospital. During that time, the patient’s medical condition may get worse, possibly resulting in a permanent and severe brain injury or death.
If you or a family member have been seriously injured or died from medical malpractice including a surgery injury, call the Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates at (800) 541-9376 for a free legal consultation. Dr. Bruce Fagel is a top Los Angeles medical malpractice lawyer and a licensed medical doctor. In fact, Dr. Fagel practiced emergency medicine for over 10 years before becoming a lawyer, so he understands exactly how hospitals and medical facilities should operate and where medical malpractice took place that may have been responsible for your injuries.
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