Los Angeles Surgical Injury Lawyers
About Surgical Injuries
Virtually any surgery will have some risks. Some surgeries even have low estimated survival rates, but at times injuries or deaths that occur during or after surgery are linked directly to medical malpractice or some form of negligence on the part of the surgeon or any other medical care professional associated with the procedure. Depending on the case, a surgical injury may be linked to a mistake by a surgeon, anesthesia malpractice, a nursing error, or negligence in postoperative care.
Pacific Attorney Group is a Los Angeles medical malpractice law firm that handles all types of surgical injury and malpractice claims throughout Los Angeles County and the surrounding areas. Our attorneys have over three decades of legal experience in handling cases of this kind, particularly those involving serious injuries. If you would like to review your situation with a skilled professional and get a better idea of your options and what to expect from here on out, do not hesitate to call us or contact us online today. We will be happy to see how we can best assist you. We handle Los Angeles surgical injury cases involving wrong site surgeries, postoperative infections, anesthesia errors, blood transfusion injuries, gastric bypass errors, plastic surgery errors, cosmetic surgery errors, incorrect operations, contaminated instruments, and much more.
What Causes Surgical Injury?
There are numerous different specific situations which may cause surgical injury to occur, all stemming from some form of negligence or malpractice. Following are some examples:
- Using unsanitary surgical instruments
- Incorrect incision
- Wrong operation
- Operation on wrong body part
- Delayed or prolonged surgery
- Organ or artery puncture or perforation
- Anesthesia or medication errors
- Negligent monitoring of patient during surgery
No matter the circumstances of your case, you can learn more about your options by talking to a malpractice lawyer at Pacific Attorney Group. Your initial consultation is free.
Contact a Los Angeles surgical injury lawyer at our law offices today.