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| Iatrogenic Spinal
Accessory Nerve Injury The accessory nerve (cranial nerve 11) is one of the 12 paired cranial nerves - nerves which arise directly from the brain. The cranial nerves are distinguished from the 31-paired spinal nerves, which originate from... |
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Medicolegal Misadventures in Colorectal Cancer Payouts for malpractice claims arising from colorectal cancer have averaged $286,000, the Physician Insurers Association America (PIAA) Data Sharing Project reported. The most frequent cause of litigation, missed or delayed diagnosis... |
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| Medicolegal Fallout From Laparoscopic Bowel Injury Laparoscopic bowel injury is a rare but potentially fatal complication. The incidence in the literature is approximately 1.3/1000. More than half these injuries are a result of electrocautery. |
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| Medicolegal Pitfalls of Appendicitis Patients with abdominal pain represent between 5-10% of all emergency department visits, thus abdominal pain is one of the more common chief complaints. Only a small portion of these patients will have appendicitis but appendicitis is still one of the most common causes of abdominal pain... |
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| The Persistent Problem of the Retained Foreign Body Errors due to the failure to remove sponges or surgical instruments at the end of a procedure may not get the public attention of wrong-site surgery, but such mistakes are no less egregious. |
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| Testicular Atrophy Following Hernia Repair Ischemic orchitis progressing to testicular atrophy is one of the most devastating complications of hernia repair. It is also the most common cause of litigation after herniorrhaphy. The incidence of testicular atrophy is up... |
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| Misdiagnosis of Stevens-Johnsons Syndrome Erythema multiforme (EM), Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are mucocutaneous disorders forming a disease spectrum. Although the etiology is unclear, these disease processes appear... |
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