Personal Injury Law

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit claims Doctor's operation surgical error

By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

A woman has sued a physician due to a surgical error that occurred when the woman underwent a breast reduction surgery. The doctor?s mistake was alleged to have resulted in the woman undergoing a surgery where the wrong breast was reduced in size. This can be described as an uncommon cosmetic surgery error. The doctor?s surgical error resulted in emotional damage to the woman and the need for her to have to undergo another surgery to correct the bad operation done to her. The medical malpractice lawsuit claims that despite consulting with the physician before the surgery, the surgery resulted in a breast reduction error. The woman underwent the surgery to reduce chronic pain that caused her back pain and shoulder pain, however after the surgery mistake the woman continues to suffer physically and emotionally. To read the full story click here.

Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on December 26, 2008 (boomark / email).