Medical Malpractice Lawyer Serving Vermont

An amputation of a limb may be the ultimate result of a medical malpractice claim. This may result from a surgical error, an erroneous diagnosis, or failure to timely diagnose and treat a condition or injury, and even a medication error. If you believe that an amputation was the result of medical malpractice, you should contact an experienced medical malpractice attorney as soon as possible.

Amputations have an obvious impact on the amputee. This is often a life-altering event, both physically and psychologically. Although technology in prostheses has come a long way, to allow maximal functioning, there are certain circumstances where function remains limited. There can also be permanent and severe phantom pain in the missing limb.

Failure to amputate a sufficient portion of a limb may itself be malpractice in certain circumstances. For example, a diabetic patient with a gangrenous toe may require more than the toe to be removed to prevent further spread, illness, and even death. The failure to remove a sufficient portion of the limb in the first instance could result in multiple surgeries to the same limb, with each taking progressively more off and the patient getting sicker and closer to death each time not enough is removed.

David has successfully handled amputation cases.