Surgical Infections

Each year millions of patients seek a cure for their ailments, often utilizing surgery as their best course of action. Patients have faith in the surgeons and their abilities to provide a satisfactory result. Unfortunately, surgeons can and often make mistakes. The occurrence of surgical error is substantial and most often leads to significant injury or wrongful death. Our New York Surgical Infection Lawyer team at Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC has found approximately 100,000 Americans die every year due to surgical error.

Surgical infection is a fairly common complication of surgery. All surgeries carry a risk of surgical infection. Some surgical procedures have a higher potential for surgical infection than others. Even though measures have been put in place to minimize hospital-sustained injury, surgical infection remains a substantial problem. The New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer group at Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC has discovered surgical infection occurs in approximately sixty thousand surgical patients every year.

Surgical infection arises from an exposed surgical site allowing harmful bacteria to enter the body. Our New York Injury Lawyer staff at Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC has learned unsanitary operating conditions are among the common causes of surgical infection, along with:

• Failure to adequately seal wounds
• Failure to use sterilized surgical instruments
• Inadequate pre-operative preparation
• Improper post-surgical care
• Failure to prescribe antibiotics

Depending upon the infected area, surgical infection can elicit a variety of consequences, such as amputation, scarring, fever, disfigurement, acute pain, paralysis and death. In addition to the emotional and physical consequences, patients suffering from surgical infection often endure financial hardship. If you are suffering from surgical infection, consulting our highly skilled New York Surgical Infection Lawyer faculty at Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC may be essential in the successful mitigation of your claim and the pursuit of monetary compensation for your injury.

Surgical infection is among the three most common types of infection received from a hospital environment. As a result of the traumatic surgical procedure, a compromised immune system increases the risk of surgical infection. According to our New York Surgical Infection Lawyer staff at Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC, an average of six hundred thousand patients develop an infection every year following surgery.

If you or someone you love is suffering from surgical infection, contact our New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer team with Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC for a free initial case evaluation. Please call us at 800.696.9529, online or contact one of our New York City offices in Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, the Bronx or Brooklyn, our New York office in Westchester County or one of our Long Island offices in Nassau County or Suffolk County.