Medical malpractice in endourology: Analysis of closed cases from the state of New York

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 528-532

  Duty, Brian ^a   Okhunov, Zhamshid ^a   Okeke, Zeph ^a   Smith, Arthur ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

endoscopy; insurance; malpractice; risk management; urology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CYSTOSCOPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOUROLOGY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS STONE EXTRACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK WAVE; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED STATES; URETER STENT; URETEROSCOPIC LITHOTRIPSY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGY;

EID: 84855577142     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.10.045     Document Type: Article

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