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9 Foreign Objects Surgeons Often Leave Inside Patients

December 14th, 2017

On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Thursday, December 14, 2017. Most people who undergo invasive medical procedures are well aware of surgical complications like hemorrhaging and clotting. These kinds of complications can arise in even the healthiest patients, and assuming their risk is merely part of undergoing certain medical procedures. But there are risks that patients should never have to assume during surgery, regardless of their current heath status. These include preventable complications that arise as the result of a provider or facility’s negligence.     Sadly, surgical mistakes and other medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, trailing behind......

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What Are Some of the Most Common Causes of Spinal Cord Injuries?

December 14th, 2017

On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in spinal cord injury on Thursday, December 14, 2017. The brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves make up the central nervous system, which controls movement and sensation throughout your entire body. As a result, spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are often devastating and can cause the permanent loss of function in certain parts of the body.     There are countless ways to sustain an SCI, and damage to the CNS can affect people of all ages at all stages of life; however, members of some demographics are more likely to suffer from a spinal cord injury than others. According to the Mayo Clinic, SCI......

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Surgical errors result in lawsuit

December 12th, 2017

On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. When a patient goes into surgery, he or she is trusting the doctor to perform the procedure with the utmost care and professionalism. Unfortunately, as some Louisiana residents may know, it is possible for doctors to make mistakes, and those mistakes have the potential to cause long-term problems for the patient. The situation can also be made worse when the doctor attempts to hide surgical errors from the patient. A woman in Delaware has filed a lawsuit claiming that her doctor mistakenly removed the wrong part of her thyroid and then conspired to cover up the error. The right......

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