Asheville Surgical Error Lawyers

Going in for surgery can be a little scary. There’s truth to the adage that the only “minor surgery” is an operation being performed on someone else. It’s only human to be apprehensive about what might happen. When negative consequences result from surgery, it’s at least possible that surgical error could be the reason, and that might leave the patient with the basis for a medical malpractice lawsuit. 

Surgical errors are, unfortunately, more common than many people realize. Hensley Cloninger & Greer has over 30 years of experience handling complex cases like these.

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It’s easy to associate surgical errors with the most complex of procedures, like those involving the heart or brain. But it’s all too common for errors to occur in circumstances that should be comparatively manageable.

For example, an item used in the surgery could be left in the patient’s body. Surgery could be performed on the wrong side of the body. A communication problem with the surgeon could result in a procedure that was intended for someone else being performed on you.  Other errors could take place in the administration of anesthesia. Mistakes in the operation might result in damage to the nerves and other organs. A surgery could simply be delayed too long. 

All these errors might be the result of breach of duty. If that’s the case, there is the basis for a surgical errors lawsuit.