Patients depend on hospital staff such as nurses and doctors and medical care practitioners to perform their duties to the best of their abilities and on par with other medical organizations to offer quality medical care. However, medical professionals make grave errors sometimes, which could impact the well-being and health of a patient substantially.
One of the most significant advances in orthopedic treatment during the 20th century according to the members of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, was the ability to internally fix bones through the use of plates, screws, rods, etc. When an orthopedic expert employs methods such as these to correct a patient’s musculoskeletal problems, the patient usually ends up finding an improvement in their condition. But this unfortunately is not the case every time around.
There is nothing more traumatic for a patient and their family, to have a make a trip to a hospital for medical reasons that you cannot understand. Almost all the time, health care practitioners, doctors, and nurses make the right decision in the treatment of a patient. In this life and death situation, this could actually mean saving a patient’s life. Many life threatening situations such as heart attacks come with their own set of signs and symptoms.
There are many different parameters to establish whether complications in a surgery should result in a medical malpractice lawsuit or not. If the negligent conduct of a surgeon falls below the standard of care that is acceptable, as compared to that provided by reasonably competent surgeons practicing that area of surgery under similar circumstances, and if a patient is harmed in the process, it can be viewed as a surgical error.
Every surgical procedure is associated with its own set of risks, more so when anesthesia is used. Nerve damage caused by a surgical miscalculation is one of the biggest risks. A surgery that is negligently performed can sometimes result in nerve damage, both temporary and permanent. This could eventually lead to a medical malpractice lawsuit. People who suffer from nerve injury can exhibit a variety of symptoms such as:
