ERCP Malpractice Lawsuit – Endoscopic Infection Attorney
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography or ERCP is one of the most common medical procedures in the field of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. ERCP’s are implemented to treat certain medical conditions primarily to clear and treat blockage of the bile duct caused by stones, inflammation, and tumors.
ERCP is a highly complex procedure which requires various safety systems which need to be implemented by the hospital and the practicing physician in order to reduce the probability of medical complications. Safety procedures should include, frequent and proper training, proper cleaning of the instruments, and rigorous inspection of the medical devices used in the procedure.
Unfortunately ECRP procedures often result in serious medical complications including the development of chronic pancreatitis and severe life threatening infections including the contraction of CRE.
Filing a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit – Wining Your Case in the Court of Law: A case for medical malpractice can be established via a negligence based cause of action. There are four elements which need to be shown in order to prove the existence of medical negligence.
- Duty – a medical professional owes a duty of care to a patient to act in a manner consistent with his or her medical specialty.
- Breach – a medical professional has breached a duty of care when he takes actions in a manner inconsistent with the designated curse of medical treatment established by the medical profession.
- Causation – The injuries suffered have to be a direct and approximate cause of the injuries suffered.
- Injuries – there have to be actual identifiable injuries suffered by the patient.
Compensation Available for Victims – Average Case Settlement Value:
Victims of personal injury are entitled to compensation under the law for any and all damages incurred. A calculation of the average case value for a medical malpractice case is predicated on several factors described below.
- The severity and magnitude of the injuries suffered.
- All medical and rehabilitation costs.
- Future medical expenses.
- Economic damages, including lost wages and loss of future income.
- Non economic damages – including mental anguish, emotional distress, pain and suffering and punitive damages.
Non-economic damages explained: In many jurisdictions across the county non-economic damages are statutorily capped as a specific monetary amount. For example, in the state of California there is a $250,000.00 Cap placed on non-economic damages which include punitive damages.
No Cost Attorney Consultation Available: If you have any further legal questions regarding the filing of a medical malpractice lawsuit for injuries suffered due to an endoscopic procedure feel free to contact our law offices. All legal consultations are provided by our attorneys free of charge.
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My father had this procedure done back in july 2016 since then he was told he has 6 months to live cause his pancreas was not healing he was diagnosed with chronic pancreatites and since then has been dealing with all kinds of different pains, he is still alive now but not half the man he was before he had this procedure done. He would like to know if there is anything you can help him with.
My wife had an ERCP which went horribly wrong a ND almost killed her. She was hospitalized four 4 months and ended up hospitalized 5 more times since for chronic pancreatic issues. One time for over a month. Please help us! You can reach us any time.
My husband had ercp surgery due to a mistake during a gallbladder surgery that he had in June the bile duct was left open in any even they placed 2 stents in him one in his pancreas and one in his liver we went back in August to remove the stent they did another ercp when we were discharged the doctor said the stent was not there and be passed it 2 days later my husband had 103.1 fever and pain on his left side called the doctor who preformed the ercp
To remove the stent be stated that if the pain was on the left he was fine cause the procedure was done on the right we went to our primary care physician and explained the situation they did a cat scan the stent that they said passed is lodged in his colon and he is back in the hospital please help we own a small business and are continuing to lose money due to medical mistakes