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Botched CSection

Asked 28 February 2013 · 1 answer

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I have recently had a csection in december 2012 and now I have a botched ceasarian scar(lumpy and fairly ugly) and have lost all sensation from my belly button to the top of my vagina. For some reason, a catheter (in which I have never had to use in either csections prior)was used throughout my hospital. I now have constant burning sensations from a UTI (apparently from the catheter use), uncontrollable and constant odor, and have not been able to be intimate with my husband due to these complications. During the csection my husband obsersered the physicians having complications with her bladder (other physicians came to look at whatever was stalling them). This appeared before they stapled her together. My husband was not sure what they were checking and rechecking the bladder for, however they did inflate my bladder (not sure with my urine, or other substances however it did appear the nurse went under the table to squeeze the urine bag). I consulted my physician about my pains and she mentioned this was all normal. I am at lost as to how I am presently feeling after my csection. Could you please inform me whether or not there may or may not be a case for malpractice?

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Visitor answer 4 March 2013

In order to bring a claim for malpractice, you need to be able to show injury, negligence, and that the negligence caused the injury. You should speak with other women who have recently had C-sections to see if the pain they are going through is similar to yours to make sure that the injuries you are experiencing are less than standard after this type of operation. Negligence and causation will be harder to prove.

The typical way to show negligence is by comparing what your physician did to the conduct of other physicians in that same situation. For example, did your physician use the correct amount of medication? Did your physician even have to perform a C-section?

If you can show that what the physician did was not what a reasonable physician would have done, then you to prove that the physician's error resulted in the problems you are correctly experiencing.

I am not an attorney. Please speak with a lawyer for legal advice.

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