Reconstructive Surgery Errors

Plastic surgery errors can be damaging enough to an individual’s self confidence and self image all on their own. When the plastic surgery is being performed to repair the damage done to a person’s face or body after a terrible accident, like a car accident or some other injury, errors can be far worse. Reconstructive surgery is not always done purely for vanity; it can also be used to restore normalcy to an individual’s life.

Regardless of the type of reconstructive surgery and the skill of the doctor, errors are always possible. Many of the errors that are seen most frequently can be eliminated or at least have their risk decreased if a proper screening procedure is performed to weed out incompetent or less competent doctors.

In reconstructive surgery, the end goal may not be a perfect nose or removing a flaw but may actually be part of restoring a person’s appearance to something closer to what the patient looked like pre-accident. This does not rule out errors because procedures can still be performed poorly or improperly, the surgeons can still make mistakes, and a person can still receive poor post-operative care.

Mistakes made in facial procedures are generally the most obvious errors. These errors are also the most difficult to correct once they occur. An error in a facial procedure can leave a patient looking wooden or unnatural. If a nerve is nicked or damaged, part of the face may even be paralyzed. This is true in facelifts as well as in reconstructive surgeries.

Contact a Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Attorney

If you have been the victim of a reconstructive surgery error, contact the Pennsylvania medical malpractice attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams at 610-667-7511.