While hysterectomy is a common and generally safe procedure which involves the removal of the uterus or womb under local or general anaesthesia, on occasion, mistakes occur, resulting in preventable injuries to women.
Hysterectomy injuries can sometimes be serious leading to a lifetime of emotional and financial difficulties. If you or your loved one suffered injuries while going through hysterectomy, you may be entitled to claim medical negligence compensation for pain, suffering, loss and future expenses.
Most hysterectomy injuries arise during operation. The most common complications are bleeding and infection, injury to the bowel or bladder or other abdominal organs, thrombosis (blood clot that forms in a vein and interferes with the circulation of blood and oxygen).
Hysterectomy can also lead to early menopause especially if you have had your ovaries removed. Menopausal symptoms include hot flashes, sweating, vaginal dryness, and discomfort during sexual intercourse and disturbed sleep.
Hysterectomy injuries are commonly caused by a failure to exercise reasonable care on the part of medical professionals.
If you can show that your hysterectomy injuries or complications were caused by your doctor or other medical practitioner’s failure to conduct your operation in the same way as a reasonable doctor specialising in the same field would have, you will succeed in your claim for hysterectomy injury claim.
But, you will also need to demonstrate that had your hysterectomy been performed in a different way, the end result would have been different.
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