Surgical Errors

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Legally Reviewed by
Allan Siegel

Updated 2 years ago

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Sheldon describes how a routine elective surgery left his wife with permanent anoxic brain injury, requiring around-the-clock care. Attorney Joseph Cammarata took the case to trial and secured a jury verdict exceeding $35 million — a record in the Commonwealth of Virginia at the time.

Sheldon (00:05): In October of 2015, which we just hit our nine-year anniversary, my wife went in for elective back surgery. And the course of that surgery, the surgeon nicked a stomach artery coming from the back and it took them 22 minutes to figure out how to stop the bleeding. They didn’t know where it was coming from. So essentially my wife coded for 22 minutes, no oxygen, no blood getting to the brain, she should have died. But they finally sutured her up and she lived because she’s a fighter, but she now and then had anoxic brain injury and nine years later she still can’t perform any of the activities of daily living. She never will be able to. She’s incontinent. She requires a caregiver 24/7, and I’m that caregiver about 70% of the time. My kids were 13 and 16 at the time. So I had to kind of say, well, mommy’s not coming home from the hospital the next day, and eventually your mother’s not going to be coming home the same.

Sheldon (01:00): So they now kind of take care of her and they don’t have a mom anymore that they knew, and I can’t replace her in that sense. Her salary and she was working at the time, was going to go to the college education and I was working. So it changed a lot of things, but primarily we just lost the person we knew to love. So at the point when I finally realized I wanted to get some legal assistance, I shopped around a little bit and then I thought about Joe and I’m glad I did. So I came to this office and we talked about the case and he was aware that she’d been injured, but didn’t know any of the details, and he looked into it and said, this is a case I want to take on. I want to help you guys. The jury voted in favor of us.

Sheldon (01:49): The award was the highest in this Commonwealth of Virginia at the time. It was excess of 35 million. Help you address it. Do you know that I had anoxic brain interest? You do. So if I was in my shoes again or talking to someone about what they would do, I would call this firm. I think they’re really great. They’re good people. They’ve been doing this for a long time. So I just think you would get a fair shake here and you would be well treated. And it’s not, again, just attorneys. It’s a team of people behind the scenes that will help you. So I’m not being paid to give this endorsement, but I think they’re really good for.

Surgical Errors

Failure to Perform Correct Surgical Procedures

Prior to a surgery, your doctor probably told you about the different risks and complications that might arise. Your doctor probably did not tell you that surgical errors could also occur during many procedures. Unfortunately, thousands of people are permanently scarred, injured, or even die from medical malpractice because of errors made during and after surgery.

Surgical errors include errors made during pre-operative and postoperative care. A surgical error may result from something as simple as an incorrect incision, or as serious as operating on the wrong side of the body, the wrong organ, or even the wrong person. Surgeons can also make errors by puncturing internal organs or even leaving medical utensils inside the body.

Unfortunately, thousands of people are victims of surgical error every year. A surgical error can cause excessive and unnecessary pain and suffering, or even wrongful death. Sometimes, surgeons are trusted to correct medical conditions that a patient is suffering from, only to leave the patient with the pain and scars of an error made by the surgeon.

Surgical errors can occur even in the easiest or most common surgeries. Being the victim of a surgical error is a terrible thing, and you deserve to be compensated for it. A medical malpractice claim can provide you with compensation for pain, suffering, lost wages, and your medical bills.

Contact our medical malpractice lawyers at the law offices of Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C. for your free consultation with one of our attorneys. The Washington, DC attorneys will work with you to determine of you are the victim of medical malpractice and what compensation you should expect to receive because of it.

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