Wichita Kansas Medical Malpractice & Accident Lawyer 

 Scott Law, P.A.
 445 N. Waco
 Wichita, Kansas  67202              316
-266-4383

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TYPES OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE:  INTRODUCTION

Medical malpractice occurs when a physician, hospital, nurse, clinic, medical technician, nursing home, or other health care provider fails to care for a patient with the medical standard of care.  The number of ways in which this can, and does happen, is bounded only by your imagination.

There are many types of medical malpractice which do occur with greater frequency.  I have handled all of these more common types of cases and many several I have handled more than a handful of times.


FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE & TREAT HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (HSV)
BIRTH INJURIES (TRAUMATIC & METABOLIC)
MISDIAGNOSIS OF HEART ATTACK
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE & TREAT ACUTE ABDOMEN
MEDICATION ERRORS
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE & TREAT SPINAL ABSCESS
COLON CANCER MISDIAGNOSIS
POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS:  BLEEDING & BREATHING
NURSING FAILURES TO MONITOR/ASSESS/NOTIFY
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE & TREAT COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS/PULMONARY EMBOLISM
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE SPINAL INJURY/INSTABILITY
MISDIAGNOSIS STROKE:  TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
SURGICAL MISHAPS/COMPLICATIONS
BREAST CANCER MISDIAGNOSIS
LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY INJURIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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(After hours and weekends call 316-371-9036)