Surgical procedures are performed at an astounding rate in our country. In the year 2007 alone, over 29 million surgeries were performed around the US, and that number is expected to rise. Thanks to advances in technology, surgical procedures are available to correct a wider array of problems than ever. They are also far safer to undergo.

Unfortunately, the growing popularity of surgery has its downsides. Despite increased awareness of health and safety issues in the operating room, surgical errors remain a consistent problem. The Chicago surgical error lawyers of The Deratany Firm are prepared to answer any questions you may have about medical malpractice law and physician mistakes. You can contact our offices at any time by calling (312) 857-7285.

Surgical Medical Malpractice

While surgeons can work miracles if they do their jobs right, they can cause terrible damage if they do their jobs wrong. The most common causes of injury and death from surgical medical malpractice are failure to control bleeding, cutting or burning of the wrong organs, infection and bad post-operative care. Surgical medical malpractice can be hard to spot-and your doctor will never, ever tell you that your injury or the death of a loved one was due to his mistake.

Instead, there will be a variety of excuses for what happened–if there is any explanation at all. Most of the clients that come to us for a surgical medical malpractice case have only a suspicion of surgical medical malpractice. Something didn’t seem right, or the explanation for what happened didn’t sound right-or the doctor who did the surgery refuses to talk to you at all.

Surgical Error Claims We Handle

Our team of experienced Illinois surgical error attorneys is ready to help you file a claim for nearly any kind of surgical mistake, including:

• Wrong Site Surgery
• Surgery on Wrong Patient
• Incorrect Surgical Procedure
• Mishandling of Surgical Instruments
• Foreign Objects inside Body Cavity
• Improper Suturing
• Post-Surgical Complications
• Gastric Bypass Complications

It is disturbing to imagine that fundamental mistakes like these are still being committed in this day and age. Sadly, it is fact. In 2002, the defendants in over 4,000 surgical error trials were found liable for injuries inflicted on plaintiffs.

If you or someone you care about has been injured by a surgeon’s mistake, we understand that legal damages cannot fully “make up” for your experience. However, they can at least help you cover the high financial costs of recovering from this kind of injury.

Contact Us

Chicago Surgical Error Attorney Jay Paul Deratany and the Lawyers of The Deratany Firm are ready to handle your case with the insight and experience you need. Contact our offices today by calling (312) 857-7285.

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