From the operating room to the courtroom: A comprehensive characterization of litigation related to facial plastic surgery procedures

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1849-1853

  Svider, Peter F ^a,b   Keeley, Brieze R ^d   Zumba, Osvaldo ^c   Mauro, Andrew C ^e   Setzen, Michael ^f,g   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

facial plastic surgery malpractice; liability; litigation; Medicolegal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COURT; DEFORMITY; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EXPERT WITNESS; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FACE FRACTURE; FACE INJURY; FACE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LASER SURGERY; LAW SUIT; LEGAL DATABASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; NOSE FRACTURE; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; OPERATING ROOM; ORBIT FRACTURE; PLASTIC SURGEON; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; WORK EXPERIENCE;

FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY MALPRACTICE; LIABILITY; LITIGATION; MEDICOLEGAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880571944     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23905     Document Type: Article

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