Fournier's Gangrene Surgery Delay and Compensation for Negligent Care
If delays in medical intervention to combat a fournier's gangrene infection have left you or a loved one struggling with the life changing consequences, contact a legal specialist to discuss the possibility of claiming compensation.
Delayed surgery
Surgery is essential to combat the appalling soft-tissue infection, fournier's gangrene. Without the removal of all infected tissue, this swift-moving infection will spread through the body's connective tissue, ultimately threatening the body's organs, limbs and triggering sepsis.
A form of necrotising fasciitis, fournier's gangrene is a medical emergency. A delay in initiating surgery can be life-threatening. It will also allow the relevant bacteria time to cause further damage to the patient's body, necessitating even more extensive tissue debridement than would have been the case with earlier diagnosis and intervention.
Scarring and deformity may be the least of the patient's woes. The spread of this shocking perineal infection can threaten the integrity of the bowel and may require the fitting of a stoma.
The psychological consequences of this sudden and shocking illness can also be traumatic, further complicating the patients long term outcome.
Medical negligence
A delay in the commencement of surgery once diagnosis or suspected diagnosis has been made may be regarded as negligent and, if the patient suffers a worse outcome as a result of the delay, may justify a claim for compensation.
A delay in surgery is perhaps most likely to occur because the patient's symptoms have not been recognised and a referral for specialist investigation has not been made.
Although this infection is fairly rare, or perhaps because it is fairly rare, it is crucial that any suspicion of this illness prompts a referral for further tests.
Symptoms of intense pain, swelling, tenderness and skin redness or discolouration should arouse the suspicions of the medical practitioner that they are dealing with a severe infection.
A failure to identify or recognise the possible significance of such symptoms, leading to a delay in referral an, diagnosis and surgery, may be regarded as negligent.
Claiming compensation
If you are considering making a claim for negligent medical care of fournier's gangrene, you ideally need the advice and support of a specialist in this complex area of law.
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of skilled and experienced solicitors, and a history of success in high-value necrotising fasciitis claims.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
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