What You Need to Know

An OB-GYN is a healthcare professional that specializes in female reproductive health. Obstetrics involves working with pregnant women and delivering babies. Gynecology involves the female reproductive system, including treating various conditions.

Unfortunately, negligence sometimes occurs in the OB-GYN field of medicine. OB-GYN negligence can result in infection, hemorrhaging, infertility, miscarriage, wrongful birth, wrongful death, the loss of internal organs and other health problems.

• Birth Control and Hormones

  Negligence related to birth control or hormones includes:

  • Perforation of the uterus during the insertion of an Inter-Uterine Device (IUD) or other devices
  • Thrombosis resulting from oral contraceptives
  • Side effects of contraceptive devices and hormones
• Pregnancy

  The failure to diagnose a patient as pregnant or to delay in diagnosing a pregnancy (particularly an ectopic pregnancy) could result in:

  • Wrongful birth
  • Birth injuries
  • Birth defects
  • Injury to internal organs
  • Hemorrhage
  • Sterilization
  • Loss of internal organs

  For pregnant patients, negligence can occur if there is a failure to recognize preeclampsia, eclampsia or other related pregnancy health risks.

• Cancer

  Negligence related to cancer could result in:

  • Loss of internal organs
  • Injury to internal organs
  • Sterilization
  • Risk of cancer spreading to other organs