Malpractice litigation after surgical injury of the spinal accessory nerve: An evidence-based analysis

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-107

  Morris, Luc G T ^a,c   Ziff, David J S ^b   DeLacure, Mark D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CRANIAL NERVE; DEFORMITY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW SUIT; LEGAL DATABASE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MORBIDITY; NECK DISSECTION; NEGLIGENCE; NERVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEBACEOUS CYST; SPINAL ACCESSORY ROOT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; WEAKNESS; WORK DISABILITY;

ACCESSORY NERVE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEAD; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALPRACTICE; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549096763     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.1.102     Document Type: Article

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