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Why do surgical mistakes still occur in New York?

Shandell, Blitz, Blitz & Ashley, LLP

Surgical errors, uh, like other errors in the medical field occur, primarily because of inexperience or problems that are encountered by doctor's that they just simply don't anticipate. Problems that they should be aware of when a patient is brought into the operating room, but, uh, the-, they just not prepared t-, to approach them. Hi, my name is Arthur Blitz of Shandell, Blitz, Blitz, and Ashley. We have represented people who have suffered at the hands of physicians in medical malpractice. Let us help you.

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Why do surgical mistakes still occur in New York?

Steven E. North

Surgical mistakes in New York often are a function of something going awry during the course of the surgery. It may be the lack of skill of the doctor; usually that’s not the case. It’s just as any of us can have an accident, make a mistake, it happens. These things happen sometimes. And there are such gross mistakes where the surgery is performed in the wrong location. But for the most part, it’s a function of life that these mistakes happen. And when people are seriously injured by that, the New York courts are designed to address those injuries. I’m Steven North, I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What is anesthesia-related medical malpractice?

Shandell, Blitz, Blitz & Ashley, LLP

During surgical procedures anesthesia is usually required, frequently it's general anesthesia, sometimes it's just a local anesthetia, an epidural or something of that nature. If the surgical procedure is long anaesthesiologists frequently change during the course of the operation, by that I mean one comes in and takes over for another. The lack of continuity frequently results in mistakes of the anesthesia. Hi my name is Alfa Blitz of SHANDELL-BLITZ BLITZ & ASHLEY. We have represented people who have suffered at the hands of physicians and medical malpractice. Let us help you.

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