Medicolegal Review of Liability Risks for Gynecologists Stemming from Lack of Training in Robot-Assisted Surgery

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 512-515

  Lee, Yu L ^a   Kilic, Gokhan S ^a   Phelps, John Y ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Insufficient training; Lawsuit; Negligent credentialing; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLIGENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK REDUCTION; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TRAINING;

GYNECOLOGY; LIABILITY, LEGAL; RISK; ROBOTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960439824     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: 15534669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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