Medical Mistakes in Surgery or Anesthesia Malpractice
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Just because a surgery is long or complicated doesn’t mean that medical mistakes are acceptable. Surgeons and anesthesiologists must pay close attention to the amount of bleeding, the potential need for transfusions, the patient’s blood pressure, the amount of fluids given, and many other things on a constant basis for the duration of the operation and anesthesia for the patient's safety and well being.
When a doctor or other health care professional is determined to be negligent because of a medical mistake during surgery, it means that they have failed to use the same degree of skill and learning, under the same or similar circumstances, that are used by other members of the medical profession. Failure to provide surgical or anesthesia care that is outside the accepted standards of practice can result in significant injury, disability and even death. Injuries can include blindness, respiratory failure, brain injury, kidney failure and any number of other problems.
Only a careful review of the medical records can determine the cause of the injury and whether the actions of the surgeon or anesthesia team played a part in causing the injury. Our lawyers and nurses have experience investigating medical mistakes and anesthesia malpractice and have the resources to access the type of qualified medical experts necessary to review complicated anesthesia malpractice and other medical mistakes in surgery cases.
Sometimes things can go terribly wrong and result in disaster for the patient. If you believe you or a loved one has been injured by anesthesia malpractice or other medical mistakes during surgery, perhaps we can help. You will be able to speak to a registered nurse who understands the complex issues of surgical mistakes, critical care, and anesthesia malpractice that can result in serious injury. Please call our lawyers who handle anesthesia malpractice and other medical mistakes law at 1.800.553.9910. You can also send them an e-mail by clicking on this link: contact us.
Selected Minnesota Case Reports
(Excerpts taken with permission from Minnesota Trial Lawyer Association’s (MTLA) “Minnesota Case Reports”)
- Conspicuously bad handling of biopsy slides and paperwork leads to mixing up lab results of two patients, resulting in a healthy woman having an unnecessary double mastectomy. Read more
(Excerpts taken with permission from Minnesota Trial Lawyer Association’s (MTLA) “Minnesota Case Reports”)
- Negligent decision to attempt high risk lytic therapy results in embolic stroke in 42-year-old architect resulting in embolic stroke and serious neurological injuries. (Read more)
(Excerpts taken with permission from Minnesota Trial Lawyer Association’s (MTLA) “Minnesota Case Reports")
- Failure to diagnose and treat idiopathic cardiomyopathy results in heart transplant in 54-year-old woman. (Read More)
Settlement: | $2,000,000 (policy limits) |
Case Name: | M.E. v. Internist |
Date: | May, 2007 |
Attorneys: | John F. Eisberg |
(Excerpts taken with permission from Minnesota Trial Lawyer Association’s (MTLA) “Minnesota Case Reports”)
- Contraindicated LASIK surgery on a 43-year-old man resulting in progressive ectasia and the need for bilateral corneal transplants.(Read More)
Settlement: | $ 1.075,000 |
Case Name: | Patient v. Doctor and Clinic |
Date: | Winter, 2006 |
Attorneys: | Wendy Zeller
John F. Eisberg
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(Excerpts taken with permission from Minnesota Trial Lawyer Association’s (MTLA) “Minnesota Case Reports”)
- Negligence in the performance of minimally invasive spine surgery leads to permanent spine injury. (Read More)
Verdict: | $1,050,000 |
Case Name: | B.L. v, Defendant Health Care System |
Date: | July 27, 2007 |
Attorneys: | Peter A. Schmit |
(Excerpts taken with permission from Minnesota Trial Lawyer Association’s (MTLA) “Minnesota Case Reports”)
- Unnecessary aortic valve replacement surgery performed on healthy 69 year-old man. Hospitals systems error, specifically a transcription error, resulted in patient being subjected to surgery on the basis of another patient's diagnostic findings. (Read More)
(Excerpts taken with permission from Minnesota Trial Lawyer Association’s (MTLA) “Minnesota Case Reports”)
- Failure to diagnose and treat volvulus (twisting of the colon) in a timely manner in 62-year-old woman resulting in colostomy, multiple surgical procedures for ongoing infections and obstructions and permanent and severe disability. (Read more)
(Excerpts taken with permission from Minnesota Trial Lawyer Association’s (MTLA) “Minnesota Case Reports”)
(Excerpts taken with permission from Minnesota Trial Lawyer Association’s (MTLA) “Minnesota Case Reports”)
- Negligent failure to respond to increasing signs of neurovascular compromise in the lower extremity of plaintiff over a sixteen-hour period after surgery for repair of tibial plateau fracture of the right leg.
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(Excerpts taken with permission from Minnesota Trial Lawyer Association’s (MTLA) “Minnesota Case Reports”)
- Negligent decision by interventional radiologist to perform radio-frequency ablation procedure to treat a uterine endometrioma that resulted in digestion problems and lifting restrictions for 42-year-old woman that impacts her ability to care for wheelchair bound husband and special needs child.
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