Characterizing liability for cranial nerve injuries: A detailed analysis of 209 malpractice trials

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1156-1162

  Svider, Peter F ^a   Sunaryo, Peter L ^a   Keeley, Brieze R ^c   Kovalerchik, Olga ^a   Mauro, Andrew C ^d   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RWJ Barnabas Health   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cranial nerve; Liability; malpractice; malpractice trial; negligence

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE INJURY; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW SUIT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCULOMOTOR NERVE INJURY; OLFACTORY NERVE INJURY; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; OTOLARYNGOLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; TRIGEMINAL NERVE INJURY; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VAGUS NERVE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879321165     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23995     Document Type: Article

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