Surgical Medical Malpractice

The idea of having surgery is stressful. As you put your life into the hands of health care providers, you want to trust that the outcome will be favorable. You want to know that your surgeon will perform a successful surgery. You want to wake up with improved health. While this is typically the case, sometimes, negligence results in serious personal injury or even death.

Surgery requires a host of medical professionals working together to ensure that all possible measures are taken to make sure their patient has a successful outcome. While the surgeon is the lead in any surgical procedure, he couldn’t do his job without the nurses, anesthesiologist, and other health care professionals necessary in any given surgery. The more personnel involved, the type of surgery, and the length of time the surgery takes all increase surgical risks.

Types of Surgical Negligence

Surgical medical malpractice happens when one of your health care providers doesn’t perform their duty in the standard expected by law. Some examples of surgical negligence are:

• Delayed or Prolonged Surgery
• Organ Puncture or Perforation
• Wrong Site of Surgery/ Wrong Organ.
• Incorrect Incision
• Surgical Tools Left in Patient
• Nicking a Nerve or Artery
• Unnecessary Surgery
• Over Sedation

Regardless of the cause, if your surgery was not performed to the standards set down by the laws of medical practice, and you have been left with injuries or side effects, you may have a case for surgical medical malpractice.

Getting What You Deserve

Hospitals and doctors have attorneys working for them in the event of a medical malpractice claims. They pay high dollar amounts for their medical malpractice insurance, so their insurance adjusters’ main responsibility is to win their case.

Since malpractice claims are difficult to determine, it’s important to contact medical malpractice attorneys to help with your case. They have their clients’ best interest in mind, and they want to help you evaluate your malpractice claim and determine the type of compensation you deserve.

Montana Medical Malpractice Attorneys' take on the insurance companies so you don’t have to. They’ll ensure that the insurance companies pay you what you deserve, so if you or a loved have been the victims of surgical negligence in Billings, Missoula, Great Falls, Bozeman, Butte, or anywhere else in Montana, please contact a medical malpractice attorney today.