When you have a surgical procedure performed, you have the expectation to be treated with the utmost care and to recover from your surgery without complications. When that does not happen, it may be considered a surgical error. Surgical errors happen when your health care professional fails to provide you with the appropriate standard of care and makes errors prior to, during, or after your surgery. A surgical error is a type of medical malpractice that can have terrible, even deadly, results.

Although every surgery involves some risk of complications, surgical errors occur when the surgeon is negligent. Surgical errors can include:

• Wrong Incisions
• Wrong Site Surgery
• Unnecessary Surgery
• Tears
• Equipment Left Inside the Body
• Punctures
• Anesthesia Complications
• Nerve Damage
• Prolonged Surgery
• Organ Damage
• Non-Sterile Equipment

Surgical errors can also arise from the doctor not providing you with proper information prior to the procedure. If your surgeon does not inform you of all the risks and complications associated with your surgery, you may not expect the negative results that do occur.

Medical malpractice is a terrible thing, and surgical errors can be devastating. If you have had a surgery that resulted in surgical error, contact an experienced medical malpractice lawyer. An experienced medical malpractice lawyer will work with you to determine what surgical errors were made, and they will investigate the circumstances of the surgery to determine what medical problems arose as a result of the surgical errors.

A surgical error claim may de difficult to handle without an experienced medical malpractice lawyer. Not only will insurance companies have to be contacted and dealt with, but you may also need to review medical records to determine the extent of your losses.

By hiring an experienced medical malpractice lawyer, you will be assisted through every step of the surgical error claim. You lawyer will work with the insurance companies, doctors, and any negligent parties to help you recover from your medical malpractice injury.

If you feel that you or a loved one has been the victim of surgical error, contact the Law Offices of Michael A. DeMayo, L.L.P. today for your free initial consultation. Our lawyers will represent you aggressively on a contingent fee basis.