How Do I Know If I Can Sue For A Surgery Error?

It is important to separate acceptable surgical risks from negligent damages when looking into a medical malpractice case.

However, knowing that surgeries are risky and might cause further injury in some percentage of cases does not absolve doctors and hospitals from their professional and legal responsibilities to provide a high standard of care to their surgical patients. They are expected to know what they are doing, to perform the operation competently, and to respond appropriately to complications that arise during and after the procedure.

When doctors and other hospital staff neglect their responsibilities to you in these areas related to your surgery and you suffer as a result, you may have a medical malpractice case. Some of the more common types of these cases involve:

* Incorrect incision
* Use of unsanitary surgical tools
* Delayed surgery
* Prolonged surgery
* Surgery performed on the wrong organ or side
* Organ puncture
* Surgical instruments or sponges left inside the patient
* Anesthesia errors
* Failure to make the appropriate decision during a surgical emergency

Medical malpractice attorneys in New York explain the difference

For your surgical malpractice case to be considered meritorious, which is necessary for you to obtain money damages, you must prove negligence and not just that the outcome of your operation was not what you had hoped for. You must show that those involved failed to live up to the high standards expected of them as medical professionals.

Weinstein, Chase, Messinger & Peters, P.C. NY malpractice attorneys are located at 26 Court Street, Suite 2100, Brooklyn, NY 11242. They can be reached at (718) 858.3100. Sphere: Related Content