Category: Surgical Errors

There are thousands of injuries and deaths that occur needlessly each year in hospitals nationwide, including in Maryland. These are due to surprisingly careless mistakes, some made by surgeon error and some by the mistakes of other medical personnel. A concept that attempts to explain the cause of many of...

Maryland law provides that a surgeon is held to the same standard of care as other doctors. The surgeon must not fall below the minimum standard of care recognized by his or her medical peers for similar services. In that context, consider a recent lawsuit filed by an estate against two doctors...

Surgeries are performed in Maryland and all across the country every day. Some are considered basic or routine, while others are emergent or more complex. No matter what the need for surgery may be, patients should be able to trust that surgical staff will adequately and accurately perform the procedure required. It...

Patients who are facing a surgical procedure may have many details to tend to before the big day. It also makes sense for a patient to seek to ensure their own safety in order to avoid becoming a victim of surgical errors. A few basic tips could benefit patients...

Parents of an elementary student may have to continue their fight for justice for their child. After a surgery that was meant to help him, an apparent lack of communication and a possible surgeon error may have left a little boy with life-long problems. Parents in Maryland can surely understand...

A 72-year-old man was recently awarded $776,000 in a tragic surgical error case. In the lawsuit, the man alleged that his wife contracted fatal, end-stage liver disease in 2011 due to a surgeon error. The lawsuit, like similar lawsuits in Maryland, blamed the woman's surgeon for her death. The...

Surgical patients in Maryland typically put a lot of trust and faith in their surgeons as they go into an operation. When a mistake occurs during a surgical procedure, it can have a profound and devastating effect on a patient for the rest of his or her life. In a recent out-of-state...

Surgical errors occur at alarming rates. Unfortunately for the victims, surgical errors can cause serious injury and even death. Many patients require long-term treatment for such events and possibly further surgeries. A recent article that discussed possible fines that should be put in place could be of interest to Maryland...

Maryland residents may well face surgery with trepidation. There are always risks associated with surgery, after all. It is especially disconcerting planning a surgery when a patient discovers just how common a problem surgical errors are. While many patients may be tempted to shop around for a surgeon who...

The parents of a 4-year-old boy filed a lawsuit against a hospital after he went through a botched operation. Sometimes, Maryland patients are injured due to surgical errors. Though this incident occurred in a northwestern state, the jury returned a verdict in the amount of $12 million.