A Survey of Surgical Errors
Surgical errors occur with alarming frequency. The journal Surgery recently reported a survey of one particularly disturbing category of surgical error — so-called “never events.” Never events were...
View ArticleSurgical Errors: Wrong Side Surgery
Surgical errors are often preventable. Clearly, wrong side surgeries are preventable. In 2002, the National Quality Forum published a list of 28 Serious Reportable Events (SREs) “to increase public...
View ArticleSurgical Errors Using Laser Technology
Surgical errors using laser technology are on the rise, according to an article appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association – Dermatology (JAMA-Dermatology). The article notes that...
View ArticleSurgical Errors from Unnecessary Thyroidectomy
Surgical errors may result from the decision to perform unnecessary surgery. A recent study performed by the Mayo Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery reports that thyroidectomy — surgical...
View ArticleSurgical Errors: Weight Loss Surgery
Surgical errors arising out bariatric surgery can occur before, during or after the procedure. Medical negligence may occur before surgery based on the poor patient selection. Patients who undergo...
View ArticleSurgical Errors and Rising Death Rates in Urology Patients
Surgical errors are a frequent source of medical malpractice claims in Ohio. Urologic Care reports this month that the incidence of wrongful death associated with common urologic procedures increased...
View ArticleSurgical Errors at Outpatient Centers
The risk of surgical errors is no greater at outpatient surgery centers than full-service hospitals for most patients. However, certain patients may face increased risk when undergoing surgery at one...
View ArticleSurgical Error: Unnecessary Spinal Surgery
A surgical error may carry serious consequences. However, what happens when a patient develops a complication of surgery and later learns that the surgery was unnecessary in the first place? This...
View ArticleSurgical Fires and Medical Malpractice
Medical Malpractice Lawyer, Cleveland OH Surgical fires occur with some frequency in Ohio hospitals and surgery centers. Surgical fires are common enough that the Joint Commission, an independent,...
View ArticleWrong Site Spine Surgery
Ohio Medical Negligence Lawyers Wrong site surgeries are all too common despite efforts to minimize their occurrence through a standardized “time out” before surgery. The use of a timeout to identify...
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