Personal Injury Law

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed after a Breast Surgery Goes Wrong

By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

The family of a high school senior who died in connection to a surgery 18 months ago is suing the surgeon and anesthesiologist who preformed the corrective procedure. The young woman experienced a reaction to the anesthesia known as malignant hypothermia while undergoing surgery to rearrange asymmetrical breasts. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that the victim?s surgeon and anesthesiologist were negligent in failing to diagnose their patient?s condition and denying her care. Experts have said that the intravenous muscle relaxant called Dantrolene sodium can be administered to counteract the effects of the malignant hypothermia. The patient?s mother told Avvo that ?People survive malignant hypothermia episodes if treated quickly and properly.? This could account for one of the 98,000 people that die from medical mistakes each year. To read more about the medical error, please click the link.

Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on September 29, 2009 (boomark / email).