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All surgeries carry some known risks and can result in complications. But it is important to contact an attorney if you have suffered complications in healing after eye surgery to discuss your situation. There is a difference between unavoidable complications from known associated risks of surgery and complications caused by professional medical negligence malpractice, and only a lawyer can tell you if you have a case.

Here are some of the possible complications in healing that can result after having eye surgery...

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All surgical procedures have known risks associated with them. However, many of these risk can be minimized be ensuring patients are good candidates for surgery, and that proper medical standards and guidelines are followed.

It is your health care provider's responsibility to make sure you fully understand any risks associated with your surgery and to help you make an informed decision about whether the benefits outweigh the potential risks. If a patient is not advised of the risks associated with a procedure, they are not able to make in informed decision.

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Scheduling too many procedures back-to-back is a common practice in eye surgeries -- especially in the LASIK industry. When schedules are too tight, there is not enough time to allow for adequate examination of the patient, a proper consultation with the doctor or surgeon to address patient concerns, or can even result in rushing a patient through the process of surgical preparation or releasing them too soon. Here are examples of pre-surgery negligence and errors... Read the rest of this entry »

Post-Surgery Negligence refers to the lack of follow-up care after a patient has undergone surgery. A Lack of proper post-surgery negligence often turns treatable complications into serious or permanent injury for the patient. Examples of post-surgery negligence include...

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If you developed serious complications that adversely affected your vision because of bad LASIK surgery, contact the Pennsylvania eye surgery malpractice attorneys of Hill & Associates, P.C. Although all surgery, including LASIK, has some associated risks, your inuries could have been caused because you were not a suitable candidate or your eye surgeon did not perform the procedure properly. Read the rest of this entry »

I signed a notice of informed consent releasing my doctor from liability. Does this mean I cannot sue my doctor for medical malpractice now? Did I really sign away all my rights to sue? Read the rest of this entry »

The reason people have LASIK surgery is to see better without the bother of eyeglasses or contact lenses. An undercorrection or overcorrection as a result of surgical error, laser malfunction or pre-surgical miscalculations usually results in worse eyesight.

After the surgical incisions have healed and the surface tissues of the cornea have regenerated, the "lucky" few are candidates for another round of surgery to correct the mistake. Unfortunately, many victims cannot have corrective surgery. (They may have been unsuitable candidates for LASIK correction in the first place.) To make matters worse, they may no longer be able to wear contact lenses. They are simply stuck with poor vision - the same or worse than before — for months, for years or perhaps forever.

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You May be Able to Sue for Untreated Post-Surgical Complications After LASIK

Lack of Follow-Up Care Can Result in Serious Post-Surgery Eye Injury

The procedure went fine, or so the doctor said. You are given a prescription for eye drops and sent on your way. For many people who have suffered serious complications of LASIK vision correction or other eye surgeries, that's the last they ever saw of the ophthalmologist who performed the operation.

The law firm of Hill & Associates, P.C. will represent clients in medical malpractice lawsuits involving surgical procedures on the eyes (refractive surgery, cataract surgery, cornea transplant). We know that follow-up care is critically important to avoiding adverse outcomes. Medical errors in the surgery itself or unforeseen complications may not surface until days, weeks or months later - but they can often be corrected if discovered and treated promptly.

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Chronic Dry Eye as a LASIK Complication

Dry eyes is the most common side effect of LASIK surgery. For the majority of clients, it is a bothersome but temporary symptom that resolves within weeks of the surgery.

But for a small percentage of patients, the eye's tear function is permanently disrupted. Blinking doesn't help. Eye drops must be constantly applied. Exposure to air can be painful, not to mention dust. Sleep becomes impossible and life miserable. A few have even been driven to suicide.

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All surgical procedures carry certain risks. Doctors are ethically and legally bound to explain to patients the possible adverse outcomes, even if the risk is remote. They are also required to tell clients of likely outcomes, including short-term issues such as blurred vision, headaches, dry eyes and sensitivity to bright light. Advertising that downplays the risk or maintains that LASIK is "safe" or "low risk" might be considered misrepresentation under Federal Trade Commission rules.

Doctors must also be careful in how the results of LASIK are characterized. They must not promise or imply a particular result such as 20/20 vision or "no side effects" or claim that refractive laser surgery is "100 percent successful." Any such bold claims must be based on unambiguous facts.

If the doctor does not elaborate on advertising claims or follow up to explain in the risks in layman's terms, it can also be considered failure to obtain informed consent, which is grounds for a medical malpractice claim.

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