Medical negligence compensation for laparoscopic errors
Laparoscopy is just one of the many wonders of medical science. Its precision circumvents the need for open surgery and greatly reduces visible scarring. However, because of the limited view of the operative site in laparoscopy, mistakes are made, some of which result in the need for medical negligence compensation.
This fact is reflected in the statistics. Percentage-wise, there are many more medical negligence compensation claims made each year in Britain by people who have suffered errors in laparoscopic surgery than those who have suffered errors while undergoing open surgery.
How is laparoscopy performed?
Also known as "keyhole surgery", laparoscopy is performed using the minutest of tools. Before these tools can be used, the surgeon must first make a surgical entry to insert a miniature camera into the operative site. A surprising number of medical negligence compensation claims are made for errors that occur at this early stage of laparoscopy.
In fact, the majority of laparoscopical medical negligence claims are made for mistakes that have occured during these first surgical entries. This is understandable when you consider that some laparoscopic surgeons talk about this initial process as "going blind".
Once this procedure has been performed, surgeons then have the aid of the miniaturised camera to help them navigate their way through the surgery.
In order to reach the surgical site, laparoscopical surgeons will often have to first bypass vital organs in the human body. Occasionally, these organs might suffer damage, leading the sufferer of that damage to seek clinical negligence compensation.
Among the parts of the body most commonly injured by laparoscopic surgery are vascular structures such as blood vessels, as well as intestine walls and the bile duct.
The minute precision of laparoscopic surgery is not only one of its benefits, it is also one of its drawbacks. For example, if an unplanned for incision is made on a patient and is not immediately noticed, it might cause substantial internal bleeding and, in some rare cases, may eventually lead to death.
Generally speaking, the risk of injury or medical negligence during laprascopic surgery is very small. However, if best practice and accepted protocols are not followed, there is always a chance that, with such a specialised procedure, injury or complications may result.
Although the vast majority of laparoscopic surgeons are among the most skilled and committed professionals in the UK, medical negligence does still occur. The bulk of laparoscopic medical negligence compensation claims received by personal injury solicitors are for mistakes made as a result of poor adherence to standard surgical procedures or for errors associated with the inexperience of the relevant surgeon.
Tragically, in some cases patients will die as a result of laparoscopic medical negligence, in such instances bereaved family may be entitled to claim medical negligence compensation.
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