A knee replacement is a very involved surgery. It is debilitating, invasive, and permanent. This type of surgery causes months of rehabilitation and it may take years before a patient feels comfortable on the repaired leg again. Returning to sports and daily activities may simply not feel normal ever again. Despite this, many times a knee replacement is still successful and a patient has great relief. Unfortunately this is not always the case, and some patients have less-than-desirable results after knee replacement which can result in serious and catastrophic personal injuries, including amputations.
Victims of botched knee replacements have an even longer road for recovery, usually a year or longer, which tends to be very painful and require multiple surgeries. These surgeries are very debilitating and may result in compensatory injuries, or injuries to the opposite knee, hip, or leg in general. Many times a botched knee replacement is Oregon medical malpractice.
There are many reasons that a victim of a botched knee replacement may have been the victim of Oregon medical malpractice. Commonly the victim may have been injured by a botched knee replacement because of the negligence of a healthcare provider. These mistakes are generally preventable because the surgeon should be in control of the entire happening of the procedure, and errors should be avoided by planning ahead.
Some common mistakes of botched knee replacements which are due to medical malpractice include the following:
When a surgical team fails to properly perform a knee replacement, there are several different types of damages that a victim could sustain. Damages include pain and suffering, lost wages, medical expenses, lost earnings, and lost of affection with the family or spouse. Some of the damages for pain and suffering comes in the form of physical injuries. Physical injuries that are caused by a botched knee replacement include the following:
When a patient suffers a serious medical mistake during a botched knee replacement, it can be incredibly painful and result in horrific and catastrophic injuries that will last with a patient for his or her entire life. Here at Kuhlman Law, LLC, we represent victims of catastrophic Oregon medical malpractice. We accept cases throughout Oregon, including Salem, Portland, Eugene, Gresham, Hillsboro, Medford, and any other city, including Bend, Oregon where our law office is located.
We handle cases throughout Oregon and Central Oregon, including Deschutes County, Redmond, Sisters, La Pine, Madras, Prineville, The Dalles, Hood River, Clackamas, Corvallis, Albany, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Tigard, Salem, Portland, Hillsboro, Vancouver, Washington, Beaverton, Oregon City, Eugene, Coos Bay, Astoria, Newport, Pendleton, Tillamook, Milwaukie, Gresham, Medford, and any other city, including Bend, Oregon where our main law office is located, please call Kuhlman Law, LLC by dialing (541) 385-1999 to learn what your rights to compensation you may have. You may also contact us using our easy and convenient “contact us” box at the bottom of our website. If we accept your case, we will conduct a thorough investigation to get you the answers you deserve, all for free. There is no risk, and you only pay us if we recover compensation for you.