At the Scanlan Law Group, we have more than 25 years of experience in representing the victims of medical malpractice, including individuals who have sustained brain related injuries resulting from medical malpractice.

Brain injuries due to medical malpractice include hypoxia and untreated/misdiagnosed conditions (such as tumors). The effects of brain injuries from medical malpractice can be severe and lifelong; in some cases, brain injuries will result in the death of the patient. Some brain injuries related to malpractice occur while the patient is in surgery-improper administration of anesthesia causes brain injuries by reducing available oxygen, or halting blood flow to the brain entirely. Surgical brain injuries can also occur while the surgeon attempts to correct another problem, but ends up causing brain injuries due to bruising or other surgical trauma.

There are also brain injuries that result from the failure to diagnose or a misdiagnosis. An individual who suffers brain injuries due to a misdiagnosed or untreated condition may have much more extensive brain injuries than he or she would have had the doctor properly diagnosed and treated the original problem. Brain injuries from untreated tumors, head trauma, aneurysm, and other conditions can be quite severe, even deadly.

The symptoms of malpractice related brain injuries are not necessarily dramatic and can involve conditions as unremarkable as a simple headache. Other warning signs include nausea, seizures, confusion or other cognitive problems, a change in personality, depression, irritability, and other emotional and behavioral problems.

Although the symptoms of malpractice related brain injuries can be subtle, the effects of are anything but subtle. The consequences can include permanent physical, cognitive, and behavioral/emotional impairments, seizure disorders, paralysis, coma and death. Brain injuries completely change the lives of victims and their families, affecting the ability of victims to work, learn, and interact normally with their families and society in general.

At the Scanlan Law Group, we have extensive experience in malpractice related brain injury cases, and we know what it takes to bring these cases to a successful conclusion. Accordingly, if you or someone you know have been victimized by a malpractice-related brain injury, or if you have any questions on this issue, please contact the Scanlan Law Group for a free initial consultation.