Surgical Malpractice

New Mexico Surgical Malpractice Lawyers

You are at your most vulnerable when undergoing surgery. If you do have surgery and suffer unexpected complications or a post-surgical infection you may actually be in worse health after the procedure than before. If after the surgery you have cause to suspect the surgery was unnecessary, you certainly want some answers.

Was it surgical malpractice – or just a disappointing result?

Not every disappointing outcome means the patient was a victim of surgical malpractice. Attorneys at Branch Law Firm® in New Mexico believe that it is important to hold surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and hospitals accountable for medical errors that indicate a negligent failure to meet the accepted standard of professional care.

If you or someone you are close to has been injured by surgical malpractice and you would like to discuss the situation with a lawyer please contact our Albuquerque law office and arrange a free consultation and case evaluation.

Our attorneys have extensive experience in representing patients in claims and lawsuits for surgical malpractice. This is a difficult and challenging area of law. When preparing a case the lawyers work with a carefully chosen team of medical experts to uncover evidence of malpractice. Would a post-surgical infection have been prevented with proper hand-washing procedures? Did a physician ignore a patient's report of pain following back surgery and fail to treat a hematoma pressing on the spinal cord? Did the intake nurse properly record the patient's history? Did a misdiagnosis lead to a poorly chosen spinal fusion and the post-operative pain of failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS)? Our team will examine every patient record, the history of the hospital, the surgeon, and the staff, and assemble a clear picture of how the surgical accident happened and whether it was in fact malpractice.

Proving that the surgeon, hospital, or another health-care professional was negligent is only the first part of the case. Our lawyers will then calculate the true value of the claim for catastrophic injury or wrongful death. Calling on economic, occupational, and life-care experts, the attorneys will determine the projected cost of the injury to the victim and his or her family:

• a life-time of nursing home care
• the humiliation of wearing a bag following a colostomy
• the loss of survivors when a badly performed appendectomy or hysterectomy causes a bowel perforation and fatal sepsis
• young athlete crippled in a failed orthopedic surgery

Whether the error occurred during surgery or in the post-operative period those responsible should be held accountable. As your legal counsel we will work to see you get a fair and reasonable outcome. Call 1-800-828-4529 or e-mail our New Mexico medical malpractice attorneys for a free consultation.