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The Michigan medical practice lawyers at our firm often review cases involving the failure to properly diagnose heel ulcers and gangrene. The claims are often brought against podiatrists and other medical providers, including nursing homes, for the failure to properly manage the condition. The damages are often significant, including amputation.
Heel ulcers constitute one of the most prevalent problems for podiatric physicians. Pressure ulcers affect nearly two million people each year. Gangrene is the death of body tissue most often caused by a loss of blood flow, especially in the legs and feet. Gangrene is often associated with pressure heel ulcers.
The heel is the second leading site for developing pressure ulcers. It is vital that medical personnel, including nurses, have a thorough understanding concerning prevention of pressure ulcers. A physician’s ability to request proper consultations with vascular surgeons, endocrinologists and internal medicine is essential. The failure to do this or provide proper treatment may constitute medical malpractice.
The most common factor for heel ulcers is diabetes, immobility, peripheral vascular disease, trauma, and age. Lack of mobility can generate excessive levels of pressure to the skin and heel ulcers result from prolong circulatory interference. Pressure ulcers will develop when the heel is subjected to prolonged periods of pressure that exceed capillary pressure. Development of heel ulcers and subsequent gangrene often result from prolonged stays in hospital and extended nursing care facilities.
Failure to properly care for patients in these settings (from a known/common problem) results in additional medical costs and extended periods of recovery from the damage caused by the wounds. Infection, additional surgeries, and loss of limbs result from this condition. Failure of medical personnel to timely identify heel ulcers once they begin to develop compounds the complications related to heel ulcers and eventual recovery.
If you or a family have experienced development of a heel ulcer as a result of a hospital stay or time spent in a nursing or other medical care facility, you should contact us to discuss your legal rights. You should also request our FREE BOOK, "The Ultimate Michigan Medical Malpractice Handbook" to learn more about medical malpractice cases in Michigan.
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