Can the hospital be held accountable for the hematoma caused by breast augmentation surgery?
Breast augmentation surgery is a kind of surgery to improve the breast shape by implanting prosthesis or autologous fat, which is more and more popular among women in recent years. However, although breast augmentation surgery has been relatively mature, there are still some complications, of which hematoma is the most common one. When a hematoma occurs after breast augmentation surgery, many patients will think of a question, whether the hospital can shoulder the responsibility? This problem will be described from several aspects below.
Whether the services provided by the hospital are compliant
First of all, whether the services provided by the hospital are compliant is one of the important factors to judge whether the hospital can shoulder its responsibilities. In the process of breast augmentation surgery, if the doctor or hospital has violated the industry norms, resulting in hematoma after surgery, then the hospital can be identified as existing responsibility. For example, the risk of hematoma will increase if doctors do not conduct adequate preoperative assessment before surgery, do not inform patients of the surgical risks, or do not operate according to the standardized surgical procedures. In this case, the hospital has the responsibility to bear the corresponding legal responsibility.
In addition, whether the hospital provides relevant postoperative nursing services is also one of the criteria for assessing whether the hospital can be irresponsible. After breast augmentation surgery, patients need to go to the hospital for re examination and nursing regularly to avoid postoperative complications. If the hospital fails to provide qualified postoperative nursing services, resulting in the occurrence of complications such as haematoma and aggravating the patient's condition, then the hospital can be considered as having negligence and needs to bear corresponding responsibilities.
Professional level and operating skills of doctors
The professional level and operating skills of doctors are another important factor in judging whether a hospital can shoulder its responsibilities. For breast augmentation surgery, doctors' rich experience and accurate operation technology are crucial to the surgical results. If the doctor makes an operation error during the operation, resulting in blood vessel rupture or injury, resulting in hematoma, the doctor needs to bear the corresponding responsibility.
In addition, whether the doctor fully evaluates the patient's physical condition before the operation is also one of the important factors for the hospital to be able to bear the responsibility. Before breast augmentation surgery, patients need to undergo a series of physical examinations to determine whether the surgery is suitable. If the doctor fails to carry out adequate physical examination and assessment, resulting in the occurrence of postoperative hematoma, the doctor is responsible for taking corresponding responsibilities.
Contract and Informed Consent
Before breast augmentation surgery, the hospital usually signs a contract and informed consent form with the patient, detailing the risks of surgery and possible complications. If the hematoma occurs within the risk range clearly informed in advance, the hospital usually does not assume responsibility. However, if the doctor fails to fully inform the patient of the risk of hematoma before the operation and does not obtain the informed consent of the patient, then the doctor and the hospital need to bear the corresponding responsibility.
Summary
In general, the hospital can be held accountable for the following situations: the service provided by the hospital is not in compliance, the professional level and operating skills of doctors are defective, patients are not fully informed of the risk of hematoma, and qualified postoperative nursing services are not provided. However, if doctors and hospitals fully inform patients and obtain informed consent from patients before surgery, and postoperative hematoma occurs within the known risk range, then hospitals usually do not assume responsibility.
Therefore, when considering whether to be responsible for the hospital, patients need to fully understand the relevant laws and regulations, and fully communicate with doctors before surgery to understand the risks and possible complications of surgery. At the same time, the selection of hospitals and professional doctors with credibility and good reputation is also an important link to ensure the safety of surgery.
