Medical malpractice and hernia repair: An analysis of case law

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 196-200

  Walters, Amanda L ^a   Dacey, Kristian T ^a   Zemlyak, Alla Y ^a   Lincourt, Amy E ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case law; Hernia; Informed consent; Litigation; Malpractice; Retained foreign bodies

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANOXIA; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPENSATION; DEATH; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GENDER; HEART ARREST; HERNIOPLASTY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVER VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MESH SLING; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL SPONGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VEIN INJURY;

FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875230914     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.04.028     Document Type: Article

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