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We trust medical professionals with our lives—even a "small" mistake made during surgery can have deep and lasting consequences for the victim. If you or a loved one were injured, you need a medical malpractice lawyer in your corner as soon as possible if you want the best shot at recovering damages for your injuries. The attorneys at Younker Hyde Macfarlane in Salt Lake City can bring clients success in this complex area of the law.
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The other areas of expertise
we have is surgical errors.
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When a surgeon goes in
and performs an operation,
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maybe they cut something
that they shouldn't,
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or they're not monitoring
something properly during the procedure
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and there's a bad outcome.
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Those cases can be tricky because you're
dealing with an operative note
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that may not fully describe
what happened in the procedure,
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and so you have to forensically go back
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and determine what actually happened
and what should have happened.
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But oftentimes with the records
and the outcome and our experts,
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we're able to piece together
what went wrong
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and then to hold
those individuals accountable.
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I see quite a bit
of peripheral arterial disease.
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That's where there may be clotting
in the arteries, say in your legs,
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and it can be catastrophic.
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I've had a double amputee
as a result peripheral arterial disease
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that was not recognized
by the providers after several visits.
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Another area that we see
is mismanaged infections.
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A patient goes in, and their condition
is attributed to, say, a viral infection.
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It's a stomach bug, or it's a rhinovirus,
when in all reality, they have sepsis
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or something more severe
going on in their stomach.
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Those cases, again, can have
catastrophic outcomes, including death.
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Making sure that the symptoms
were properly recognized,
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that the proper people were consulted,
and the proper medications or treatments
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were given in a specific time,
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that's something that we've had
a significant experience in pursuing
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and working those cases up.
