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Medical damage in general surgery

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Damage and medical errors in general surgery

Medical damage in general surgery

In medicine the risk could never be zero, but ensuring a good quality of medical services can greatly reduce malpractice.

In the special classification of medical errors, at the top there are the surgical ones that represent about 32% of the accidents reported.

Medical errors in general surgery can lead to a compensation for damages, often liquidated by the insurance subscribed personally by the doctors or directly by the hospitals.

In addition to the cases specified below, the news also reports cases of malpractice caused by medical negligence.

In December 2016, in Sorrento in the province of Naples, an 88-year-old woman died after falling from a stretcher while being conducted in Radiology to perform an abdominal x-ray. (Source: Il Mattino)

In recent years, the Ministry of Health has taken several measures to try at least to curb the problem concerning the public health in general.

Medical error and malpractice in general surgery


Complications from serious post-operative adhesions

Serious adhesions

Complications from serious post-operative adhesions.


Damage caused by an incorrect positioning of the clips

Application of clips

Damage caused by an incorrect positioning of the clips.


Embolism caused by a lack of or an incorrect anticoagulant therapy

Embolism

Embolism caused by a lack of or an incorrect anticoagulant therapy.


Violation of protocols for surgical intervention

Rules and protocols

Violation of protocols for surgical intervention.


Performance of incorrect or unnecessary surgeries

Wrong interventions

Performance of incorrect or unnecessary surgeries.


Gauzes and surgical instruments forgotten in the patient's body

Gauzes and knives

Gauzes and surgical instruments forgotten in the patient's body.


Serious pre and post-operative surgical infections

Surgical infections

Serious pre and post-operative surgical infections.


Damage for injuries to nerves, blood vessels and vital organs

Organ injury

Damage for injuries to nerves, blood vessels and vital organs.


Delays in rescue and lack of or incorrect diagnosis of diseases

Lack of diagnosis

Delays in rescue and lack of or incorrect diagnosis of diseases.


Lack of informed consent in medical treatment

Informed consent

Lack of informed consent in medical treatment.


Inadequate post-operative nursing and medical care

Medical assistance

Inadequate post-operative nursing and medical care.


Abnormal stitches or premature removal of them

Abnormal sutures

Abnormal stitches or premature removal of them.


Death caused by blood transfusions with infected blood

Infected blood

Death caused by blood transfusions with infected blood.


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Where we operate

Medical Error in Healthcare (ERMES), with its headquarters in Naples, operates throughout our national territory, particularly in the Southern Italian regions, as specified below:

Campania Region

In the Campania Region we are active and operate in Napoli, Avellino, Benevento, Caserta and Salerno.

Lazio (Latium) Region

In the Lazio (Latium) Region we are active and operate in Roma, Frosinone, Latina, Rieti and Viterbo.

Molise Region

In the Molise Region we are active and operate in Campobasso and Isernia.

Puglia (Apulia) Region

In the Puglia (Apulia) Region we are active and operate in Bari, Barletta-Andria-Trani (BAT), Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce and Taranto.

Basilicata Region

In the Basilicata Region we are active and operate in Potenza and Matera.

Calabria Region

In the Calabria Region we are active and operate in Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Calabria and Vibo Valentia.

Sicily Region

In the Sicily Region we are active and operate in Palermo, Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Ragusa, Siracusa and Trapani.

Why should you contact us?

We protect citizens' rights by providing, free of charge, a highly professional medical-legal advice service that can point out the medical responsibility.

If there are evidences to take legal action and to request compensation, the customer will have the possibility to agree directly with a lawyer specialized in malpractice, who will be suggested on request.

The lawyer will follow the legal action and he will agree with you on the fee that will be paid, the most of the times, only if you can obtain the compensation.

Tell us about your experience of malpractice, we will help you get justice.