Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Wilkes-Barre, Sugarloaf and Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Surgical Errors

When you or a loved one undergoes surgery, you know there are risks. However, you never expect that a surgical error will occur, leaving you even worse than you were prior to surgery. Our medical malpractice lawyers at The Falvello Law Firm know how to help you through such a disappointing and scary situation.

Standard of Care

Your surgeon has a duty to provide you with a standard of care that is the same for all surgeons. If surgeons violate accepted standards of treatment care, and such violations injure you, you may have a case of medical malpractice.

These standards are based on what a reasonable person with the same knowledge and skills would (or wouldnt) do under the same circumstances. If surgical errors are made that wouldnt be made by any reasonable surgeon in the same field, the surgeon may be held liable.

Types of Surgical Errors

Frequent types of surgical errors include:

• Anesthesia errors during surgery
• Birth injuries during a Caesarean section (C-section) surgery
• Complications or damage to a patient as a result of the surgery when the patient wasnt notified that such complications or damage were a risk of the surgery
• Disfigurement resulting from surgery
• Failing to properly monitor a patients condition during surgery
• Infection following surgery
• Internal bleeding after surgery
• Leaving a surgical instrument inside the body
• Performing incorrect surgery for the patients diagnosis
• Performing surgery in the wrong place on the body
• Performing surgery on the wrong patient
• Performing the wrong surgery, including removing the wrong body part(s)
• Wrongful death

Most Common Surgeries with Surgical Errors

Although surgical errors can occur with practically any surgery, the following are the most common procedures during which surgical errors happen:

• Cardiothoracic surgery
• Childbirth (C-sections)
• Cosmetic or Plastic Surgery
• Gastric bypass surgery
• Laparoscopic intestinal surgery
• Thoracic surgery

In the field of plastic or cosmetic surgery, the most common surgeries with surgical errors include:

• Breast augmentation surgery
• Ear surgery (otoplasty)
• Face lift (rhytidectomy)
• Liposuction procedures
• Nose surgery (rhinoplasty)

If you have experienced a surgical error, you should speak with a medical malpractice lawyer such as one with The Falvello Law Firm right away. In most Pennsylvania cases, a lawsuit needs to be filed within 2 years of the incident in order fall within the statute of limitations.

If you or a loved one has undergone surgery and a surgical error occurred, email us at The Falvello Law Firm in the Hazleton area of Pennsylvania. We are experienced at dealing with surgical error cases and can help you determine if you can win damages to help you through this difficult time.

We offer you a free initial consultation and we work on a contingency basis, so you dont pay us until we get a settlement. The Falvello Law Firm serves clients in Hazleton, Sugarloaf, Wilkes-Barre, Berwick, and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.