Surgical Errors
Queens Surgical Error Attorney
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There is little room for error in a surgical procedure, but surgeons and their support staff are human. They make mistakes, and at times these can cause serious harm to a patient. Some surgical errors can even cause a patient’s wrongful death.
Queens surgical error lawyer David Kates is here to offer experienced legal counsel if you or someone you love was seriously harmed as a result of a mistake before, during, or after surgery.
During a career that spans over two decades, David has developed the skill and resources to take on medical professionals and their insurance providers in these complex cases. He may be able to help you.
For a free review of your case, call (718) 866-3664. We can answer your questions and get you started on the road to recovery.
Surgical Error Statistics
As horrific as they may be, surgical errors are surprisingly common. At least 4,000 surgical errors occur in the United States each year. According to an analysis of surgical error "never event" data between 1990 and 2010, on average, the following errors occur multiple times on a weekly basis:
- Leaving a foreign object inside an patient's body - 39 times
- Operating on the wrong body part - 20 times
- Performing the wrong procedure on a patient - 20 times
Roughly $1.3 billion in surgical malpractice judgments were paid to victims during this 20-year period. It is believed that the true number of surgical errors is even higher when factoring in unreported incidents.
Types of Surgical Errors
Taking a closer look at surgical errors, we can see that they take on many forms and may involve different medical professionals involved in a surgical procedure, from the surgeon to the scrub nurse to the anesthesiologist and even those involve in pre- or post-operative care.
While every surgery has a certain level of risk, surgical errors go beyond the known risks of surgery and occur unexpectedly due to human error.
The following are examples of surgical mistakes:
- Leaving an instrument or sponge behind in a patient
- Operating on the wrong side of the body
- Operating on the wrong body part
- Performing the wrong procedure
- Performing or recommending an unnecessary surgery
- Cutting a nerve or perforating an organ
- Incorrect incisions
- Anesthesia dosage errors
- Failure to monitor a patient under anesthesia
- Failure to get informed consent prior to a procedure
- Negligent post-operative care, leading to infection
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David Kates prides himself in getting to the bottom of why a patient was hurt and neglected. Call (718) 866-3664 to discuss your case.