Salivary gland surgery and medical malpractice

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 589-594

  Hong, Steven S ^a   Yheulon, Christopher G ^a   Sniezek, Joseph C ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Facial nerve monitor; Informed consent; Lawsuit; Legal; Lingual nerve; Malpractice; Parotid gland; Salivary gland; Submandibular gland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MONITORING; ORAL SURGERY; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTIDECTOMY; PHYSICIAN; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND SURGERY; SIALOADENITIS; SIALOLITHIASIS; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LINGUAL NERVE INJURY; MEDICAL ERROR; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LINGUAL NERVE INJURIES; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878982820     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813475566     Document Type: Article

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