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Surgical Errors, Mistakes, and Wrong Site Surgery

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2007, there were well over fifty million surgical procedures in the United States that year alone. Every time a person has to undergo a surgical operation, there are risks of medical and surgical malpractice. One form this kind of medical malpractice can take is in surgical errors. Surgical errors may range from consequences stemming from pre-operative care to perforations of internal organs by a surgical utensil during the performance of surgical procedures.

Are you a victim of a surgical mistake? If so, contact our medical malpractice lawyers right now.

An estimated 98,000 hospital patients are killed every year, according to the Institute of Medicine, as a direct result of medical malpractice. Even though the medical profession is highly esteemed for its quality of performance, this modest estimation raises serious concerns about the safety standards and quality of care in today's medical profession.

Below are following examples of surgical errors:

  • Use of unsanitary surgical utensils
  • Incorrect incision
  • Organ puncture or perforation
  • Surgery on wrong organ, wrong site surgery or wrong side surgery
  • Delayed surgery
  • Prolonged surgery

Surgical errors may occur in any kind of medical procedure involving intrusive and non-intrusive surgery. Even the simplest of cosmetic surgical procedures may result in a surgical error.

Following are the most common types of surgeries where surgical errors occur:

  • Gastric Bypass
  • Childbirth
  • Cardiothoracic
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Laparoscopic Intestinal Surgery
  • Plastic Surgery/Cosmetic Surgery

Here are several cosmetic surgical procedures where the medical malpractice of surgical errors may occur:

  • Otoplasty - Ear Surgery
  • Rhytidectomy - Face Lift
  • Rhinoplasty - Nasal Surgery
  • Breast Augmentation
  • Liposuction

Numerous circumstances may arise while on the operating room table that may lead to a faulty surgical performance or flawed surgical performance.

If you or anyone you know has experienced wrong site surgery or any kind of surgical errors, contact us now.

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