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Surgical and Anesthesia Errors

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Lawyer:
Surgery Malpractice

At no time are you more vulnerable than during surgery. When you undergo a surgical procedure, you are literally placing your life in the hands of the surgeon, anesthesiologist and hospital staff. How do you know if an unanticipated injury or death is the result of surgical malpractice?

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Lawyers at the The McClelland Law Group have been pioneers in representing victims of medical malpractice. In addition to our many years of experience in the medical legal field, we have medical personnel on staff and board certified physicians available for consult to answer your medical questions. If an avoidable surgical or anesthesia error caused a serious injury or death, you have the right to know the truth and to recover the maximum compensation for your loss.

Our lawyers at The McClelland Law Group have successfully handled a wide variety of surgical and anesthesia malpractice claims including:

Anesthesia

  • Improper use of a laryngeal mask airway resulting in the patient's death.
  • Failure to properly monitor the patient after the administration of narcotics resulting in the patient's
    death.
  • Failure to recognize and treat a drop in the patient's blood pressure resulting in permanent brain damage.

Surgical

  • Suture fails post operatively resulting in the patients choking to death on his own blood.
  • Perforating an internal organ during the removal of the patient's gall bladder.
  • Failure to promptly diagnose and treat the patient's post operative infection resulting in sepsis and death.

Learn more about surgical and anesthesia cases

If you would like to speak with a member of our personal injury firm about an anesthetic or surgical malpractice case, we invite you to contact our Pittsburgh office to arrange a free consultation and case evaluation with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer. We charge no attorneys fees unless we are successful in recovering compensation on your behalf. Should you be unable to travel one of our lawyers will be happy to visit you in your home or hospital room.


Attorneys at The McClelland Law Group serve clients in Pittsburgh, Erie, Reading, Allentown, Altoona, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Lancaster, Harrisburg, State College, Bethel Park, Mount Lebanon, Williamsport, McCandless, Monroeville, Easton, Plum, New Castle, McKeesport, Cranberry Township, Johnstown; and communities in Allegheny County, Armstrong County, Beaver County, Butler County, Cambria County, Clearfield County, Erie County, Fayette County, Indiana County, Lawrence County, Mercer County, Washington County and Westmoreland County; an area encompassing Southwestern Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania and Central Pennsylvania. The McClelland Law Group also accepts cases in New York, Ohio and West Virginia.