Wrong Site Surgery
The thought of undergoing surgery can make a patient uneasy, but typically a surgical procedure is reserved for the most serious cases of injury or illness and those fears must be put on hold for the hope of improved health and full recovery. Any surgical errors committed by the team of doctors and nurses involved in performing a surgical procedure can cause lasting harm, but some of the medical mistakes that occur are so egregious that they defy understanding. Wrong site surgery is one such example of malpractice, and it can cause a patient significant and lasting physical, emotional, and financial harm.
Such an awful violation of your trust deserves to be called into question through a civil lawsuit. Let us help you to aggressively pursue the financial compensation to which you are entitled. Contact the Houston wrong site surgery lawyers of Williams Kherkher at 832-369-8296 to speak with a skilled and experienced attorney about your case.
What Constitutes Wrong Site Surgery
Part of the reason that wrong site surgery is so objectionable is that it should be easily and entirely preventable. But in a medical system where doctors barely know their patients and the information that is obtained and recorded must be transmitted between several different parties, the risk of miscommunication is high. Examples of wrong site surgery include:
- Performing a procedure on the wrong side, for example on the right ear instead of the left
- Performing a procedure on the correct side but the wrong location, for example the wrong finger on the correct hand
- Performing the wrong procedure on the correct anatomical structure
- Performing a procedure on the wrong patient
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