{"id":1018,"date":"2022-02-23T16:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/surgical-malpractice-the-cochran-firm-of-the-mid-south\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T16:04:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:04:42","slug":"surgical-malpractice-the-cochran-firm-of-the-mid-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/surgical-malpractice-the-cochran-firm-of-the-mid-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgical Malpractice | The Cochran Firm of the Mid-South"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Surgical Malpractice<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patients who enter a hospital when ill or in pain put their hope and trust into the aid of well-educated, highly trained professionals. However, there are often times when a doctor may fail to administer the best care for a patient and surgical malpractice takes place.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any surgic<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">al procedure is considered a serious matter in the eyes of the law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What is Surgical Malpractice?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Surgical malpractice occurs when a surgeon or another person involved with a surgical procedure is neglectful towards a patient. Essentially, surgical malpractice happens when the actions of the doctor or other party involved with the surgery directly caused harm upon a patient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Surgical errors may include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wrong-site surgery<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Incorrect incisions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leaving equipment inside a patient<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Operating on the wrong patient<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nerve damage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anesthesiology errors<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why Does Surgical Malpractice Occur?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Surgical errors may occur due to these common reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Incompetence \u2013 It may be an instance where your surgeon lacks the skill to perform the surgery successfully. Your surgeon may have undergone the proper training for the surgery but has not performed the surgery enough times.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proper Planning \u2013 It is critical that a surgeon be well-prepared for surgery. This entails reviewing and preparing any complications that are likely to occur.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Improper Steps \u2013 Surgeons may take it upon themselves to take shortcuts when performing certain surgeries.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poor Communication \u2013 Failure to communicate properly can result in many critical errors such as miscommunication the proper dosage of medicine the patient may need.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fatigue \u2013 Surgeons work long shifts which results in<a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmmidsouth.com\/how-surgical-errors-lead-to-medical-malpractice\/\"> fatigue<\/a>. Tired people are more likely to make mistakes when compared to those who are well-rested.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neglect \u2013 Sometimes surgeons are simply not as careful as they should be. This could include failing to ensure their instruments are properly sterilized<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Surgical Malpractice Claim\u00a0 Requirements<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To prove that surgical malpractice occurred you must be able to show:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Doctor-patient relationship: You must prove that you hired a medical professional to provide treatment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The doctor was negligent: You must be able to show that the doctor caused harm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The injury resulted in specific damages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Failure to diagnose, improper treatment or failure to warn the patient of known risks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mid-South Malpractice Law<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the victim or loved one of surgical malpractice, you have the right to pursue compensation for injuries. The Cochran Firm of the Mid-South has the resources to access and hire top medical experts in any field of medicine to help prove your case. Call 1-800-THE-FIRM today and let our experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmmidsouth.com\/medical-malpractice-claims-what-you-need-to-know\/\">medical malpractice<\/a> team review your case at no cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surgical Malpractice Patients who enter a hospital when ill or in pain put their hope and trust into the aid of well-educated, highly trained professionals. However, there are often times when a doctor may fail to administer the best care for a patient and surgical malpractice takes place.\u00a0 Any surgical procedure is considered a serious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":1019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/1248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}