100 Consecutive claims of alleged negligence in elective open inguinal hernia repair in the UK

Clinical Risk

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 221-225

  Scurr, James R H ^a   Scurr, John H ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; GENITAL EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAW SUIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALPRACTICE; MORTALITY; NEGLIGENCE; NERVE INJURY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; TESTIS ATROPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 33751326334     PISSN: 13562622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135626206778953118     Document Type: Review

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