Surgical Negligence Claims

The vast majority of surgeries performed each year in the UK are successful and unproblematic. However, the outcome of unsuccessful surgeries can be long-standing and devastating to the patient.

There are risks inherent in most surgical procedures, but negligence of the surgeon or hospital that result in medical complications, infection or injury to the patient entitles the patient to pursue a surgery error compensation claim.

Examples of potential surgical errors are:

• Performing the wrong type of operation;
• Wrong-site surgery, such as amputating the wrong limb;
• Retained surgical instruments;
• Improper sterilisation of instruments leading to infection;
• Damage to organs during surgery; and
• Improperly executed surgeries

Of course, this list is by no means exhaustive, as unfortunately errors can happen with any surgery