Surgical Errors
With all surgery comes a risk. So it is not surprising that a large number of the claims that our clinical negligence team are asked to investigate are related to surgical mistakes.
If you think you may have a case for compensation contact us and seek specialist advice from one of our clinical negligence lawyers. You can either fill out our online enquiry form, request a call back or call us direct on 0800 915 4650.
Our cases have involved surgery in both the NHS and the private sector and include issues such as:
- surgical equipment such as swabs left inside the patient
- surgical injury such as tissue and nerve damage
- compartment syndrome and foot drop
- perforation of organs
- development and then inadequate treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolus
- respiratory distress
- consent issues
- removal of incorrect organs and other body parts such as limbs
- poor post operative care including mis-treatment of conditions such as haemorrhage, respiratory complications, thromboembolism, DVT, pulmonary embolism, prescribing error
- wound infection and inadequate treatment
- handling injuries where a patient has been injured while being transported and handled in the theatre under general anaesthetic. These include injuries due to falls from trolley, damage to diseased bones and joints during positioning, nerve palsies, diathermy burns.
- anaesthetic awareness
The team are used to dealing with cases involving pre-operative issues such as consent, accidents that occur during the operation and post operative conditions such as lack of monitoring and prescribing errors. Most operations take place under a general anaesthetic and so a patient has no recall as to what went wrong. It takes specialist knowledge to ascertain any mistakes that have been made by looking at the medical records and the outcome of the treatment. If you have any concerns regarding the treatment you received please contact a member of the team who will be pleased to talk to you and help you find out what went wrong.
