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No one walks into surgery expecting to come out with more problems than they went in with. Yet, for some patients, that is exactly what happens. A surgical team may make a grave error of leaving a tool or foreign object inside the body. This kind of medical mistake...
One example of medical malpractice is wrong-site surgery. This is a "never event," or something that should never take place in a medical setting. But it can happen, often because the surgeon was negligent or other medical professionals made a serious mistake. Exactly...
If you go to the hospital for surgery, your surgeon may use a permanent marker to make certain marks on your skin. In some cases, surgeons will write their own initials, while in others, they may draw an X or other lines around the area where the surgery will be...
Doctors are highly trained and tend to be thorough. Nonetheless, doctors are only human and they do make mistakes – sometimes serious ones. A mistake is not necessarily medical malpractice. For medical malpractice to occur, the doctor needs to have been negligent....
A heart attack misdiagnosis is a very serious medical mistake. The ramifications can be severe for the patient, and they are often fatal. What sometimes happens is that the doctor diagnoses the patient with something like indigestion, anxiety or gastronomical...
Surgery is among the most sensitive treatment methods, and as such, operating room procedures should be followed meticulously to minimize risks and guarantee patient safety. Despite these precautions, surgical errors can occur, leading to various complications and...
Surgical procedures and technology have advanced rapidly in recent decades. At one point in time, all surgical procedures would have been considered highly risky. While surgery still poses risks today, these risks can be much better managed. Nonetheless, that doesn’t...
Medical malpractice happens when a doctor does not uphold the expected standard of care. This doesn’t mean that they have to be perfect or that every outcome a patient has must be positive. But a patient should be able to expect reasonable treatment under current...
The evidence on whether an apology from a doctor for a mistake or misdiagnosis minimizes the chances of a patient or family taking legal action is mixed. That decision is often based on several factors, like how serious the resulting harm was and how egregious the...
Surgical never events are alarming and significant errors that should never occur during surgery. Unfortunately, they do occur, which causes considerable harm to patients. These mistakes are so egregious that they're often considered preventable with proper care and...
