What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New York : I recently on April 15,went in for my second surgery on back for a fusion on L4 and L5. I was in hospital for about 3 days. Came home Sunday and was pretty much sick all week, then by Saturday the 24th, I started leaking again,my back swelled up alot and split open in two places, I had doctors appt the 27th so i waited till then to tell doctor.When he saw it he admitted me back in hospital and called an infectious specialist.So Dr M came in an inspected incision and when he pulled off bandage he saw puss. Next day Dr Q opened up the incision to see how far infection when. I guess it made it all the down to hardware,so he cleaned it out and used stitches this time ( glued first time ), I was in hospital again for 3 days and am home now with a PICC line in my arm for 8 to 12 weeks. My question is do i have any recourse legally for this. My doctor all but admitted something could have got contaminated in OR. I am not a diabetic. Having this PICC line in is no picnic and its only been a couple of days. Should i call a lawyer