QUESTION
Doctor ruptured my bladder during a surgery. Is this malpractice?
Asked on Jul 08th, 2014 on Medical Malpractice - North Carolina
More details to this question:
I had an hysterectomy on May 1 and on May 2, I was being taking to another hospital for bladder surgery. I am still in the process of getting it fixed. Possibly facing another surgery soon.
1 ANSWER
It may be malpractice. Sometimes injury to other organs is a known and accepted risk of a surgical procedure. This means, even when the surgeon is following proper technique, unintended injuries can happen. However, if the surgeon was using improper technique or procedures and caused your injury, this would be malpractice. What type of surgery was this? Was it performed laporoscopically? Vaginally? Robotics? There is currently a big issue with the dangers of using Robotics for a hystorectomy. Let me know if I can help.
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Answered on Aug 05th, 2014 at 9:15 AM