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Will robotic surgeries prove to be more risky than normal cases?

There are many different medical issues that may force a Cleveland patient to have surgery. Whether it is something relatively minor or something that could potentially be life saving, there are risks associated with surgery. A skilled Cleveland surgeon can navigate those risks, however, and safely perform the operation. Yet, when he or she makes a mistake during surgery, he or she can seriously or fatally injure a patient.

But for the family of a man who died from complications from a prostatectomy in 2008, they are hoping a jury will find the robotics company Intuitive Surgical Inc. responsible for their loved one's death, not the surgeon. They claim that the company is the one responsible for the man's death, as it failed to provide sufficient training to the doctors using their equipment.

Parents sue doctors for incorrectly choosing child's gender

It is an unusual lawsuit that two parents have filed against doctors, but their claim is that doctors were grossly negligent when they performed a sex-assignment surgery on their then-16-month-old child, knowing that there was a significant chance that they were choosing the wrong gender. If the parents are successful, this could be a landmark pediatric medical malpractice lawsuit that could influence how other intersex conditions are dealt with in Ohio.

Very shortly after he was born, the child was determined to have both male and female genitalia. Instead of allowing the child to develop and choose which gender he identified with, the child underwent an operation as a toddler that removed all male genitalia. Unfortunately for the boy and his parents, the surgeons chose the wrong gender and the now-8 year old identifies as male.

Diagnostic error leads to terminal stage 4 breast cancer

With the considerable attention that is paid to breast cancer in Cleveland, it may surprise many people that a doctor could fail to notice cancer. Unfortunately, there is a large number of people who are misdiagnosed or for whom there is a delay in diagnosis every year. What is worse is that a breast cancer misdiagnosis could be fatal.

Sadly, that is exactly what happened to a 52-year-old woman. She first started noticing pain in her back, as well as chronic fatigue in February 2008. Over the span of nearly three years, she visited numerous doctors, but the answers were nearly always the same: chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and psychiatric problems. The doctors were wrong, however, it was breast cancer.

Child with brain damage may need millions of dollars in care

There are many parents in the Columbus area whose children were born with birth injuries. For these parents, one of the most heart-wrenching thoughts is who will care for their children with brain damage if they are gone? It's not a matter of abandoning the child, but one of age. Most parents do not outlive their children, and many are concerned about who will care for their children once they are no longer able to.

This is one of the many reasons why Columbus parents whose children were born with brain damage file birth injury lawsuits with the help of a medical malpractice attorney. The money they can get from a birth injury lawsuit may be enough to care for their children even if they are no longer around. While many of these parents would likely prefer caring for their children themselves, it is comforting to know that there is money available when they are not.

Hospitals implementing high tech tools to fight infections

Nobody ever wants to have to be admitted to a hospital. Unfortunately, there are times when there is no other option to treat a serious medical condition. When someone must go to the hospital, the last thing he or she wants is to acquire a new infection during his or her stay.

Girl with cerebral palsy wins $130 million for lifelong care

When someone in Columbus goes to the doctor and becomes a victim of medical malpractice, it is a tragedy. Yet, depending on how old he or she is at the time of his or her negligent medical care, he or she may not need supplementary medical care for that long. When someone is born with a birth injury, however, he or she may need lifelong care.

Such is likely the case of a young girl who recently was awarded $130 million in a recent medical malpractice lawsuit. Though either 10 or 11 years old, she has never been able to write, walk, or speak. Nor can the young girl swallow without help. Unless there is a vast improvement in the care of people with cerebral palsy, it is likely that she will need help for the rest of her life, possibly 24-hour care. It is not something that her parents can provide, and, even if they could, they may not outlive their daughter.

Surgical errors increase revenue streams for hospitals

Most surgeons are good at what they do and Cleveland patients should not have to worry when they need a medical procedure done. But when surgeons do make mistakes, they can make some serious mistakes; errors that can lead to long-term injuries, disability or even death. When patients are injured, they can work with a surgical error attorney to file a medical malpractice claim for their injuries.

With the large payouts that surgeons and hospitals have to make when settling a medical malpractice lawsuit, it would not be unreasonable to assume that the hospitals would have a financial incentive to reduce errors. Sadly, a new report has found that surgical errors actually make more money for hospitals. The reason, of course, is that when a surgeon creates a complication, the patient will need to stay longer and will need additional, billable care.

Former medical malpractice cases can be used to combat new errors

When someone in Cleveland goes to the hospital for a medical procedure, he or she likely hopes that his or her doctor is caught up with the current medical literature. Being a doctor, however, is more than just knowing the latest research, sometimes it is about learning from past mistakes, both the individual doctor's or others'. But when doctors are unable to consult past mistakes, it is no wonder that they can't learn and prevent future errors.

One state, however, is trying to make it easier for doctors and health professionals to learn from their mistakes. Unfortunately, it is not Ohio, but if this program works, it could easily be replicated across the state. A medical malpractice lawyer has been working with an OB-GYN doctor to create a program that would make the relevant information from medical malpractice cases available to health care professionals.

Wisdom teeth surgical error leads to serious brain injury, death

If there is one medical procedure that many people in Cleveland have had it is wisdom teeth surgery. It is an extremely common surgery for individuals to undergo, especially teenagers and young adults. Even though there are relatively few reports of surgical errors during wisdom teeth extractions, it doesn't mean that there aren't risks associated with the procedure.

Whenever someone needs general anesthesia, he or she could potentially sustain some serious injuries if the anesthesiologist is not paying close attention to the patient. If, for example, a patient's heart slows, his or her brain may become deprived of oxygen. In the best case scenario, a prolonged lack of oxygen could mean a serious brain injury, but it could also prove fatal.

Birth injury case heard at U.S. Supreme Court

There is more to the trying of medical malpractice cases than proving that medical mistakes are made. Negotiating a settlement that can properly compensate an injured patient requires taking a large number of other considerations.

For example, the United States Supreme Court recently made a decision regarding a birth injury lawsuit that could affect rulings in every state including Ohio. The issue in that case concerns whether a state can place a lien upon a portion of the medical malpractice settlement that the family hoped to utilize in the child's care. 

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