Consenting practice for open inguinal hernia repairs - Are we failing to warn patients of serious complications?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 643-646

  Hoosein, Moinuddin M ^a   Towse, Hilary ^a   Conn, Gemma ^a   Stoker, David L ^a  

^a NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent; Inguinal hernia repair; Litigation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHEST INFECTION; CHRONIC PAIN; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLIGENCE; OPEN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR; TESTIS INJURY; URINE RETENTION; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CONSULTANTS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 57049133960     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X318165     Document Type: Article

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