Painter Law Firm

What happens in the operating room after a patient is put to sleep?

The individuals handling anesthesia or performing surgery might surprise you

False Claims Act lawsuit alleges pattern of major patient safety breaches

Operating room personnel, radiologists may be at fault

Poor surgical technique tops the list

Complications are more difficult to handle remotely

Trauma surgeon orders consult for paraplegia, PA responds to see patient instead of spine surgeon

Houston's First Court of Appeals enters opinion allowing medical malpractice case to proceed

Most of the time, a perforated esophagus is caused by a surgeon, physician or health care provider

It's important to check out the surgeon and surgical facility before proceeding with bariatric surgery

Wrong patient, wrong site, wrong procedures are all sentinel events that should never happen