Verdicts on malpractice claims after thyroid surgery: Emerging trends and future directions

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1591-1596

  Dralle, Henning ^a   Lorenz, Kerstin ^a   MacHens, Andreas ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

civil court; hypoparathyroidism; intraoperative nerve monitoring; malpractice claim; medical arbitration board; medico legal litigation; recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy; thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BRAIN DAMAGE; COMPENSATION; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; GOITER; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LARYNX EDEMA; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NODULAR GOITER; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; REVIEW; SCAR; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL INFECTION; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867883648     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21970     Document Type: Review

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