Medical Malpractice Attorney for Surgical Errors & Post-Surgery Complications

Surgical negligence takes many forms: wrong-site surgery, retained instruments, anesthesia dosing failures, inadequate monitoring, sterile technique violations, and failure to obtain informed consent. Surgical negligence is often a result of factors occurring before and after the actual procedure. Surgical errors often trace back to weak pre-operative planning, lapses in communication, and surgeon fatigue, even though every case carries its own facts.

• Wrong site surgery caused by poor communication or inadequate pre-operative checks
• Operating on the wrong patient
• Retained surgical instruments, gauze, sponges and other foreign objects left inside the body leading to serious complications
• Errors in the administration of anesthesia or medication, including wrong dosages during surgery
• Uncontrolled bleeding resulting from nicked organs and arteries
• Causing serious nerve damage due from improper procedure
• Organ perforation and cut tissues during surgery
• Infection caused by sterile field violations
• Delayed response to surgical complications
• Inadequate monitoring before, during, or after surgery
• Incorrect incisions that cause serious harm
• Improper use of surgical tools

Our firm handles medical malpractice cases involving catastrophic failures during surgery that cause patient harm as well as post-operative complications.

Negligence outside the operating room can also lead to medical malpractice claims. The following errors can cause serious patient harm and form the basis for a malpractice case.

• Post-operative internal bleeding caused by injured organs or arteries
• Improper use of blood thinners, including wrong dosage or failure to administer them properly
• Discharge instructions that were insufficient or incorrect
• Poor post-operative follow-up failures that lead to worsening condition
• Failure to inform the patient about critical surgical findings like malignant cancer
• Pressure ulcers caused by insufficient post-operative care in the hospital
• Post-surgical infections that progress to sepsis, organ damage, or the need for corrective surgery
• Blood clots caused by inadequate monitoring, neglect, or missed risk factors
• Respiratory problems triggered by improper airway management or lack of post-op monitoring
• Undiagnosed internal leaks from bowel, bladder, or vascular injuries
• Failure to recognize and address early warning signs of stroke or heart complications after surgery

Surgical mistakes and catastrophic post-operative care failures can leave you injured, in pain, and dealing with severe financial losses. If post-surgical complications caused you serious, permanent damage that could have been avoided you should speak with our our surgery complication attorneys to discuss taking legal action.