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While many catastrophic spine injuries occur from accidents, violence or blunt trauma, a number are caused by medical malpractice. In fact, medical care can exacerbate existing spinal injuries. Errors that occur during surgery, such as corrective degenerative or herniated disc surgery, or any operation near or on the spine, can severely damage spinal nerves leading to life-long, permanent consequences. If a spine injury is not properly treated by a doctor, nurse or hospital staff, the individual may suffer more serious personal injury, including paralysis or even death, as a direct result of medical malpractice.

Have you or a loved one been harmed by a spinal cord operation? Call the personal injury lawyers of Rosen & Rosen today at (954) 981-1852, or contact us online to learn more about your legal options. We are here to serve you.

With more than 65 years of combined legal experience, our medical malpractice attorneys have helped injured clients throughout South Florida, including Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Aventura, Hallandale, North Miami Beach, Sunny Isles, Cooper City, and Dania Beach.

Spine injuries that can be exacerbated or caused by medical negligence include:

  • Failure to diagnose scoliosis
  • Spinal fusion errors
  • Removing incorrect vertebrae discs
  • Monarch instrumentation
  • Micro dysectomy injury
  • Laminectomy error
  • Screw placement error
  • Birth injury
  • Spinal surgery error
  • Failure to detect spinal cord infection
  • Failure to diagnose kyphosis (Dowager’s Hump)
  • Failure to detect epidural abscesses
  • Injection of myelogram in wrong location
  • Defective hospital equipment
  • Failure to diagnose tumor
  • Improper anesthesia administration which can lead to paralysis and nerve damage

Spine injuries can cause motor skill impairment, paralysis and wrongful death. Full recovery is almost always unlikely. Instead, expensive therapy and medical rehabilitation are usually required. The lives of both the individual and his or her loved ones are, unfortunately, never the same. Newly paralyzed individuals are in need of financial remuneration. While recovery cannot treat the condition, it can provide support for lifetime care.

The injury lawyers of Rosen and Rosen are committed to protecting the rights of spine injury victims through professional and expert representation.  Our primary focus is serving our clients.  We believe that if we focus on providing excellent and thorough representation and service, everything else will take care of itself.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of spine injury related to medical malpractice, call our personal injury lawyers today at (954) 981-1852, or contact us online for a free consultation. You may be entitled to damages including medical expenses, lost wages and other compensation. We work on a contingency fee basis, which means we will not receive a fee unless you receive monetary compensation.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Florida Medical Malpractice Statutes

National Spinal Cord Injury Association

Fla. Dept. of Health Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Program

Florida Spinal Cord Injury Support Groups