Overview

This page concerns a routine outpatient eyelid procedure in a child where oxygen-rich air allegedly was not reduced and cleared from the surgical field before the surgeon activated electric cautery, causing a fire over the child’s face.

System MAK Anesthesia
Fact pattern Outpatient eyelid procedure followed by surgical fire when oxygen-rich air was not reduced and cleared before cautery
Alleged harm Serious facial burns, skin-graft surgery, PTSD, and expected future surgeries

Chronology

  1. A little girl underwent a routine outpatient procedure to remove a tiny benign lesion from her eyelid.
  2. The anesthesiologist failed to reduce and clear oxygen-rich air in the surgical field.
  3. When the surgeon turned on an electric cautery, a fire broke out over the girl’s face.
  4. Sophie Lane suffered serious burns, underwent skin-graft surgery, still receives therapy for PTSD, and expects additional surgeries.

Alleged failures

The anesthesiologist allegedly failed to reduce and clear oxygen-rich air in the surgical field before cautery was used.

The surgeon and anesthesiologist allegedly failed to coordinate safely before activating electric cautery near an oxygen-rich field.

The resulting surgical fire allegedly caused serious facial burns, skin-graft surgery, PTSD treatment, and expected future surgeries.

Entities

MAK Anesthesia, LLCAnesthesiologistSurgeonElectric cauterySurgical fieldSkin-graft surgeryPTSD
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