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Surgical Specialists Have More Medical Malpractice Claims Than Non-Surgical Physicians

January 30, 2025

Surgical specialties account for most medical malpractice claims. A retrospective observational study to determine the risk for medical malpractice claims for physicians working in hospitals in the Netherlands using anonymized closed malpractice claims between 2007 up to 2021 from two Dutch insurers[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Patient Told His Appendix Was Removed But It Was Not

March 1, 2023

Patient Told His Appendix Was Removed But It Was Not: A West Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on December 2, 2022 against Charleston Area Medical Center (“CAMC”) in which the plaintiff alleged that he was told that his appendix had been removed when it was not that led to a[...]

Surgery Malpractice Statistics

February 21, 2022

A report dated February 2022 by Coverys entitled “Surgery Risks: Through the Lens of Malpractice Claims” stated: “Each year in the United States, more than 48 million surgical inpatient procedures are performed and more than 35.8 million outpatient surgical procedures occur. The av[...]

$400K Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Vermont Surgeon For Lack Of Informed Consent

September 6, 2018

In early August 2018, a federal medical malpractice juy in Vermont returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $400,000 against a Vermont surgeon whom the jury determined failed to advise the plaintiff regarding alternatives to the surgical procedure that resulted in the plaintif[...]

Study Finds Technology/Equipment Issues Involved In One-Quarter Of Operating Room Errors

November 1, 2013

A study published online on July 25, 2013 in BMJ Quality & Safety found that 1 in 4 operating room errors were due to technology or equipment issues. The researchers found that approximately 15 errors occur during a typical surgical procedure and that failure of equipment accounted for appro[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Post-Surgical Death

October 16, 2013

The family of a 67-year-old Louisiana woman who died following elective spine surgery has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital where the surgery was performed, claiming that the medical staff negligently failed to diagnose and treat post-surgical complications that led to the wo[...]

Tag: surgical malpractice claims

Surgical Specialists Have More Medical Malpractice Claims Than Non-Surgical Physicians

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Patient Told His Appendix Was Removed But It Was Not

Surgery Malpractice Statistics

Study Finds Technology/Equipment Issues Involved In One-Quarter Of Operating Room Errors

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Post-Surgical Death

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