Surgical Errors
Wrong-site surgeries: what you need to know
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Friday, June 26, 2015. According to a recent study, surgeons operate on the wrong site in about 1 out of every 100,000 surgeries. This is a scary statistic. A wrong-site error means that the doctor operated on the wrong body part, on the wrong side of the patient’s body, or even on the wrong person. Wrong-site surgeries are preventable. Although it is not clear how exactly to prevent these errors, the study found that poor communication among the medical staff is often to blame. Regardless of the cause, surgical errors such as wrong-site errors are unacceptable. They can have devastating consequences…
Read MoreCauses of surgical errors
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Friday, January 30, 2015. Every year, in Louisiana and elsewhere in the United States, surgical errors take place which can lead to worsened injuries or other medical conditions. Surgery is an inherently risky process which is why, ordinarily, you will be informed beforehand of the potential risks and asked to sign a statement of informed consent. Your signature on such a statement, however, does not mean that you accept the risk that the surgeon or someone else involved in the procedure will make a negligent mistake. The sad truth is, however, that mistakes can happen. How can such errors take place?…
Read MoreCompensation and damages may be available for surgical errors
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Thursday, October 23, 2014. The vast majority of the time when people in Louisiana undergo a surgical procedure they do so with the reasonable anticipation that the outcome will be beneficial to their health. And most of the time they are not disappointed in that expectation. By its nature, however, surgery is an invasive procedure with inherent risks even if everything goes well. In the event of a medical mistake on the part of a surgeon or one of the participating surgical staff, a patient injury becomes a serious possibility. Organs can be perforated, surgery can be performed at the wrong…
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