Medicolegal analysis of 100 malpractice claims against bariatric surgeons

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-66

  Cottam, Daniel ^a   Lord, Jeffrey ^b   Dallal, Ramsey M ^c   Wolfe, Bruce ^d   Higa, Kelvin ^e   McCauley, Kathleen ^f   Schauer, Philip ^g  

^a Surgical Weight Control Center of Nevada   (United States)

^b Sacred Heart Institute for Surgical Weight Loss   (United States)

^c EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Valley Surgical Specialists   (United States)

^f Goodman   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass; Lawsuit; Malpractice; Morbid obesity; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAW SUIT; LAWYER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLIGENCE; OBESITY; ORGAN INJURY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SEX RATIO; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846278012     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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