Compensation for surgical errors

{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "FAQPage", "mainEntity": [{ "@type": "Question", "name": "When can I claim compensation for surgical errors and mistakes within medical malpractice?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "You may be able to claim compensation for surgical errors and mistakes within medical malpractice if it can be established that the error or mistake was preventable and that the surgeon or medical expert was negligent in not taking appropriate precautions or steps to prevent it. You are unlikely to have a valid claim if it is determined that nothing could have been done to prevent the error or mistake from occurring." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How much can I claim from surgical errors?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "The compensation you receive for your surgical error claim will depend on the amount of harm, suffering and/or loss that has been caused. These might include: Medical expenses or medical injuries, Any physical injury or mental injury from the surgical error, Any other severe injuries as a result of poor surgical or medical treatment. Example: A surgeon who accidentally transects a mesenteric artery during a laparoscopic nephrectomy is likely to be found negligent if it can be established that in the lead up to the transection of the artery the surgeon failed to identify, and, if necessary, dissect out the artery during the procedure, and this failure caused the erroneous or mistaken transection of the artery. " } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What are the causes of surgical errors and mistakes?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Surgical errors are mistakes which are made before, during or after an operation which might make a patient’s medical condition worse, lead to a new medical problem or even death. Examples of the most common causes for surgical and medical errors and mistakes to occur are: Inexperience The surgeon may lack skill or experience in performing a particular procedure or operation. In such circumstances, the surgeon has a duty to warn a patient of his lack of skill or experience and advise the patient of the availability of more skilled and experienced surgeons who could perform the same procedure with less risk to the patient. Poor and insufficient preoperative and postoperative planning The surgeon may fail to review or have regard to the necessary radiological investigations and prepare for any potential complications which are likely to arise during the procedure because of what is depicted on that imaging from poor quality of care on their part. Improper surgical techniques from medical practitioners The surgeon may not take steps that are required to be taken or take additional steps during the procedure that are not necessary resulting in injury to adjoining structures, such as nerves which might lead to permanent nerve damage. " } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What are the consequences of surgical errors and mistakes?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Examples of surgical errors and mistakes can lead to a variety of different consequences, leaving the patient with longstanding disabilities, as a result of: damage to nerves or vascular structures, anesthetic complications, bowel and bladder perforations, damage to the surrounding organs, performing incisions at the wrong locations, carrying out the wrong procedure and operating on the wrong body part or patient, leaving surgical instruments inside the patient And other conditions as a result of lack of duty of care. " } } ] }