Surgical Errors
Surgical errors are the basis of a $3 million jury verdict
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Tuesday, February 2, 2016. Louisiana malpractice claims often include cases where surgeons have allegedly committed medical malpractice by not following proper surgical standards. When a surgeon commits surgical errors during routine surgery, and death of the patient occurs, that may be a tipoff to family members that their loved one may have been a victim of medical malpractice. In such cases, an autopsy may be helpful in determining the nature of the negligence and the cause of death. It is also important for the family to obtain the medical records detailing what the surgeon did, and what steps he or she…
Read MoreMedical malpractice claim is tied to gall bladder surgery
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. Just because a particular surgical error may be periodically committed by different surgeons in Louisiana and nationwide, that does not mean that there is no negligence or no liability. If the surgeon’s actions or omissions fall below the minimally recognized standard of care in the surgical community with respect to that specialty, it may be a case of medical malpractice. Gall bladder surgery is an area where repeated mistakes of a similar nature may occur. A man has sued a surgeon and hospital over an allegedly botched gall bladder operation. The surgery was conducted to remove the…
Read MoreStudy finds errors in almost half of all surgeries
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Friday, October 30, 2015. Researchers recently conducted a new study about how often medication errors happen during surgery. The results were alarming. According to the study, mistakes occurred in almost half of all the surgeries. The study, which was led by Massachusetts General Hospital, was intended to analyze the risk of medication errors during surgery. Researchers looked at 277 separate surgical procedures. Out of those 277 surgeries, 124 of them involved a medication error or an adverse drug event. In other words, mistakes were made in nearly one out of every two procedures. The types of mistakes varied. They included errors…
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