Surgical Errors
Errors can occur before surgical procedures begin
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Monday, December 4, 2017. It isn’t unusual for patients and their loved ones to worry about what will happen during surgery. Even minor or frequently performed surgical procedures can make patients nervous. However, as some Louisiana residents have discovered, it is possible for mistakes to be made before the first incision is made. A Philadelphia woman filed a malpractice suit after anesthesia for her dental surgery was improperly administered resulting in permanent nerve damage. In her lawsuit, the woman claims that a nurse struck a nerve on the left side of the patient’s tongue directly when she carelessly injected the anesthetic into the patient’s mouth before the procedure….
Read MoreDid multiple surgical errors result in the death of a patient?
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Sunday, November 5, 2017. When undergoing surgery, Louisiana patients want a doctor that is confident in his or her abilities. However, an inexperienced and overconfident doctor can unintentionally cause a wide variety of problems for patients and their families. One family alleges that a doctor’s overconfidence and unwillingness to take the advice of others resulted in multiple surgical errors and the death of their loved one. The 61-year-old man was admitted to an out-of-state hospital for aortic valve replacement surgery. This procedure was the recommended treatment for the patient’s existing heart condition. It was supposed to be a minimally invasive surgery that…
Read MoreSurgical errors cause patient to undergo more surgery
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. Louisiana families know that bringing a child into the world is an amazing and somewhat terrifying experience. The memories of the day that a child is born should not be marred by pain caused by surgical errors. Such was the case for one mother who was forced to undergo more surgery to correct a preventable issue. In October of 2014, a woman underwent a cesarean section to deliver her baby. It wasn’t until eleven weeks later that doctors discovered that an eighteen-inch-square sponge had been left inside of her after the procedure was finished. However, because it took so long…
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