Surgical errors are among the most preventable and devastating forms of medical malpractice.
Surgical errors encompass a wide range of preventable mistakes that occur before, during, or after a surgical procedure. Our surgical error lawyers handle cases involving wrong-site surgery, where the surgeon operates on the wrong body part or wrong patient; anesthesia errors, including overdose, intubation failures, and failure to monitor vital signs; retained surgical instruments left inside the patient's body; nerve damage caused by improper surgical technique; post-operative negligence including failure to monitor for complications, infection, or internal bleeding; and unnecessary surgery performed without proper medical justification.
Surgical error cases may involve multiple liable parties. The surgeon who performed the procedure, the anesthesiologist, surgical nurses and technicians, the hospital or surgical center, and equipment manufacturers may all share responsibility. A thorough surgical error attorney investigates every potential defendant to maximize your recovery.
Proving surgical negligence requires detailed analysis of operative reports, anesthesia records, nursing notes, and post-operative documentation. Our attorneys work with surgical experts in the same specialty as the defendant surgeon to establish exactly where the standard of care was breached and how that breach caused your injuries.