Is leaving a portion of a medical tool inside a patient cause for medical malpractice?

The answer to this question always comes back to whether it was a breach of hte standard of care to leave behind what was left behind. Certainly, I can imagine an expert supporting that view that you need to do a count to make sure anything that should be coming out, does come out. The problem you may have is actually a good problem to have: the lack of permanent injury. Malpractice cases are so costly to prepare that the injuries usually need to be fairly extreme. But I would suggest contacting a local medical malpractice lawyer and discuss your wife's injuries and get their opinion.

Most probably it is a medical malpractice claim. You should contact a personal injury attorney in your area and see whether or not they are able to undertake your claim.

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Generally speaking, when a foreign object is left in the body, it is malpractice. Unless the guide wire is intended to be left in the body, which I doubt, then you would likely have a case.