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Botched Spinal Surgery Malpractice – Your Legal Options

Medical Malpractice

It’s normal and human nature to not think about something until something bad happens to it: spinal cord injuries and complications that arise out of malpractice can be earth-shattering and catastrophic, especially if they lead to permanent injury and paralysis. The spinal cord contains a multitude of nerves sheathed and bundled together which travel all the way into your brain. The spinal cord controls the movement of limbs and is responsible for sensing pain, change in temperature and other tactile sensations, sending them to the brain for interpretation so that you’re better able to react depending on whether the stimulus is harmful or beneficial. Spinal cord injury malpractice isn’t something that happens out of the blue, and by working with a best medical malpractice attorney will help you pin down the exact negligent act that caused your injuries.

Are you looking for a spinal cord surgery complications attorney? If you suffered complications such as infection, severe chronic pain and even paralysis after your spinal surgery, we’re here to help get you compensated. For over 90 years, McCready Law has helped thousands of people get the justice and compensation they deserve after having been injured due to the negligence actions of other individuals, businesses or corporations. Please contact us NOW at (773) 985-5139 to learn more about your legal options for spinal cord surgery complications lawsuits. The call is 100% FREE, and we take on all cases on a contingency fee basis, which basically means that you don’t pay us anything for the duration of your case until we recover damages on your behalf.

Types of Spinal Surgery

Spinal surgeries vary, but the main role of these treatment modalities is usually compression, decompression or stabilization. Typically, your back surgery specialist will choose the right treatment depending on your injury as well as expected prognosis post-surgery.

Decompression surgery refers to relieving or releasing built-up pressure due to spinal injury that causes damages leading to compression of the spine. This typically involves surgery in which plates and screws are inserted into the back after the physician has released the built-up pressure. These plates and screws are fused together in an effort to stabilize the whole area so that the spine heals over the next couple of months.

Here are some of the common instances that lead to spinal injury malpractice:

  1. Spinal surgery errors
  2. Incorrect administration of anesthesia during surgery
  3. Failure to correctly diagnose a spinal injury
  4. Not operating on a spinal injury in a timely manner
  5. Failure to diagnose a spinal tumor causing spinal cord injury
  6. Brachial plexus injury in a child
  7. Failure to treat a spinal cord infection in a timely manner
  8. Failure to treat or diagnose a stroke properly

Suing for Spinal Surgery Complications – Where Do I Start?

Prior to surgery, the physician must discuss with you, the patient, the risks associated with the surgery so you can make an informed decision whether you would like to go forward with said surgery. Spinal surgery malpractice usually involves certain legal principles which must be present. First of all, there must exist a doctor-patient relationship, which can be proven by taking a look at your medical records. This relationship is important because it informs something called duty of care which a reasonable physician owes you while administering care.

If the physician, out of negligence, breaches this duty of care, leading to your injuries or spinal surgery complications, you’re well within your legal rights to file a spinal surgery lawsuit to recover compensation for both economic and non-economic damages. You have the right to proper and timely treatment, failure to which you can seek legal redress. This is irrespective of whether or not you signed a medical release, as negligence established by us and the accompanying evidence are all that’s needed to file a successful medical malpractice claim.

Here are some of the most commons spinal surgery injuries and complications:

  1. Clot or hematoma development – When the body is healing, blood clot formation is common as clotting is one of the ways in which the body tries to form a scab over an injury in order to stop the bleeding and start the healing process. Doctors are supposed to administer anti-clotting agents as well as check on how your site is healing in order to catch any clots, failure to which you can file a spinal surgery complications lawsuit.
  2. Incision errors – Your operating surgeon may make an overzealous incision which goes on to sever vital blood vessels or nerves, ending up in excessive bleeding or even paralysis
  3. Spinal cord damage – Physicians are very careful to not to touch the spinal cord during surgery because any damage to the spinal cord leads to irreparable nerve damage which usually doesn’t grow back, leaving you with permanent injuries.
  4. Plate or screw misplacement – This usually happens due to the surgeon not paying close attention to what they are doing during surgery, or lack of sufficient experience performing these kinds of procedures. Fixing these errors can be costly, and there’s no guarantee that the doctor will get it right the second time around.

Spinal Cord Injury Malpractice Complications

Spinal cord injury malpractice can have lasting changes and completely turn your life upside down. You may have to contend with severe, unrelenting back pain, become confined to a bed, not be able to go back to work, walk or even enjoy the little things that healthy people without spinal injury complications take for granted on a daily basis.

Spinal Cord Surgery Malpractice Attorneys – Call Us Today!

Spinal cord surgery complications malpractice lawsuit will help you recover money damages to help make you whole again. While the effects may never be reversed, filing a spinal surgery malpractice claim will help with things like past and future medical care, assisted living resources and add-ons, lost wages, loss of wage earning capacity, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of consortium, funeral costs if your loved one passed away from spinal surgery complications, legal fees, and so much more. McCready Law has experience fighting for the rights of injured individuals just like you, and we’d like to extend a helping hand during this difficult time. Please call our spinal cord medical malpractice lawyers NOW at (773) 985-5139 to receive your FREE legal consultation. We look forward to helping you, and thanks for choosing us.

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