Surgical positioning injuries and medical malpractice
Poor padding, protection, and positioning can cause permanent nerve injuries
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Surgery
Neurapraxia misdiagnosis and medical malpractice after surgery
If your surgeon says you have neurapraxia after an operation, ask these questions
Plastic surgeon uses over-sized breast implant, causes permanent nerve injury
Plastic and cosmetic surgeons must consider breast width and other factors before proceeding with breast augmentation surgery
Surgeon's diagnostic shortcut leaves patient with permanent below-the-waist numbness, loss of bowel and bladder control
When a surgeon settles for a best guess rather that doing a differential diagnosis workup, it exposes the patient to unnecessary risk
What happens when your physician doctors (alters) your medical records?
Wrongful death lawsuit uncovered that surgeon accessed patient's records "on a number of occasions" after her death
Operating on the wrong patient or site: How does it happen?
The Joint Commission has emphasized improving surgical errors as a 2018 National Patient Safety Goal
Absent surgeon testifies that hospital records are missing, incorrect
For two critical days during a hospitalization, a defendant-surgeon was nowhere to be found
Painter Law Firm files medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against surgeons at Providence Health Center, in Waco
Medical expert: Delayed diagnosis & treatment of punctured stomach after hernia surgery causes infection, sepsis, & death
Volvulus misdiagnosis, delayed treatment, and negligence
Volvulus is a medical emergency involving twisted intestines, and a delay in treatment can be deadly