Medical malpractice involving negligent surgery can be a serious matter involving fatalties and life threatening consequences. Unintended personal injury caused by general surgery, laparoscopy (or keyhole surgery) and cosmetic surgery is usually a consequence of medical negligence :-
General Surgery
- Operating on the incorrect part of the body or the removal of healthy tissue or
organs may create the need for the rectification of the original problem which can
require further surgery. The consequences of such negligent surgery can be devastating: the incorrect removal of a
good kidney and the maintenance of the poor one can be fatal, and this has recently
occurred, after a surgeon looked at the x-rays from the incorrect side and failed to
adequately consult his notes.
- Occasions in which unnecessary surgery is carried out, a consequence of confusions
involving notes, x-rays or a mix up involving patients themselves.
- Instances in which foreign bodies are inadvertently inserted into the patient is a disturbingly prevalent phenomenon. Metallic instruments, sponges and swabs have all been left in body cavities and thousands of patients make claims for medical malpractice settlements for this type of negligent surgery every year.
Keyhole Surgery
- The use of laparoscopy or keyhole surgery, has been increasingly prevalent over
recent years and incidents of negligent surgery have correspondingly increased. Unintended injury
tends to occur during the initial incision into the body which affect organs unrelated to
the aim of the surgery. Most keyhole surgery-related claims involve damage to the bowels
and blood vessels as a result of electro surgery.
Cosmetic Surgery
- Every year tens of thousands of people have cosmetic or plastic surgery. Some negligent surgery involves very serious injury that can cause severe deformity. Most claims involve inadequate aesthetic outcomes of which 75% are accounted for by claims relating to breast enhancement and facial surgery.
- Cosmetic surgery is a fertile ground for compensation claims due to inadequate policing of the industry by the government and the medical authorities. Cosmetic surgery is a very complex form of medical practice, yet is largely unregulated.
Healthcare professionals usually provide a caring service with a high standard of excellence for their patients however there are occasions when things go wrong. Negligence occurs when a healthcare professional fails to act with the care, skill and learning of the average prudent reputable member of the medical profession in that particular area of practice. Performance is judged on what others in the same discipline do for their patients who are located in the same geographic area.
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