Medical malpractice in the management of small bowel obstruction: A 33-year review of case law

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1017-1027

  Choudhry, Asad J ^a   Haddad, Nadeem N ^a   Rivera, Mariela ^a   Morris, David S ^a   Zietlow, Scott P ^a   Schiller, Henry J ^a   Jenkins, Donald H ^a   Chowdhury, Naadia M ^b   Zielinski, Martin D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MORTALITY; NEGLIGENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FACTUAL DATABASE; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; JURISPRUDENCE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994715816     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.06.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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