Category: Surgical Injuries

Surgical errors can garner a ton of media attention, especially when the surgeons really make glaring or sensational mistakes, such as removing the wrong limb or implanting an organ in the wrong patient.  But there are many mistakes that do not get a lot of attention that end up negatively affecting people for the rest…

Surgery should always be approached with careful consideration. Although there are many competent surgeons who uphold their responsibilities during surgery, physician negligence does happen and can have serious lasting effects on a patient.   The three most dangerous mistakes that can happen during surgery are wrong side, wrong site, and wrong-patient errors. All three of these…

The nervous system is the body’s information superhighway. Beginning in the brain and branching out to every inch of the human body—it sends signals out and back again.  Little is understood about the brain and how it is able to send and interpret these signals. But a lot is known about how the spinal cord…

The spinal cord is a delicate part of the body and can be damaged very easily. Because of this, neurosurgeons go through rigorous training, even beyond medical school, in order to have the skills necessary to practice neurology.  These highly trained specialists are performing incredibly intricate procedures on patients, which unfortunately means they have a…

Millions of people require life saving procedures each year in the United States. When going in for surgery, it is a given that someone in the operating room is going to make a wisecrack about writing “operate here” on the patient.  But wrong site, wrong side surgery is no joke, as wrong-site surgeries occur between…

A surgical site infection (SSI) occurs when pathogens multiply at the site of a surgical incision, which then develops into an infection. SSIs are fairly common, occurring in 2 to 5 percent of all surgeries involving incisions, as many as 500,000 SSIs happen in the United States each year. Rates of infection differ according to…

More than 100,000 transvaginal mesh lawsuits have been filed, making it one of the largest mass torts in history. Many of these cases remain unresolved, but the multimillion-dollar settlements and verdicts that have been reached to date bode well for those who are currently awaiting the resolution of their cases. What is Transvaginal Mesh? Transvaginal…

Choosing whether to undergo back surgery is a major decision. Patients need to trust the treatment their doctors recommend is warranted and appropriate. Unfortunately, there seems to be a disturbing pattern among some physicians in which spinal fusion surgeries are encouraged when they are not medically necessary. What is Spinal Fusion Surgery? During spinal fusion…