Category: Surgical Errors

Many employees in Maryland enjoy listening to some music while working. Music can be a great tool to help filter out the buzz of chatty coworkers, help an employee get into a rhythm and help an employee remain relaxed through the workday. What if that employee is a surgeon?...

An estimated one in every 2,000 babies is born with ambiguous genitalia in Maryland and across the rest of the country. A pediatrician and professor at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics reflects the sentiments of many in the medical field that maintain it is best to avoid forcing a child...

There is far more at stake when a doctor makes an error than if another professional made an error in their line of work. When a doctor in Maryland makes a mistake or a hospital fails in some manner, a victimized patient could require additional surgery, have their condition worsened or even...

There is not typically an inherent mistrust among Maryland patients with their doctors and other health care providers. Particularly in instances when an individual is going to be unconscious for a procedure, that sense of trust is critical. Unfortunately, it is when patients are under anesthesia for a variety of reasons that...

When a patient goes to the hospital for surgery, she may be worried about receiving anesthetics and about the surgical procedure itself. This patient likely does not want to worry about whether the surgery will be done properly or whether it will result in a worse injury than she had going into...

The recent meningitis outbreak has brought attention to the significance of compounding pharmacies. If a compounding pharmacy does not prepare a medicine correctly or in a clean facility, patients who receive the contaminated medication could suffer a permanent or serious injury.

This was the case for 11 of the 12...

Hepatitis C is a serious infection that can be contracted in multiple ways. This past summer a medical technician was arrested for starting an outbreak of hepatitis C in New Hampshire. Now, a Maryland patient's case of hepatitis C has been linked to this same medical technician. The medical...