Malpractice claims and abdominal wall hernia repair

Cardin, J.L.; Johanet, H

doi:10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2019.03.005

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“…Malpractice claims have been identified as one of the causes for the rising costs of health care. 1,2 It has been estimated that the annual costs related to malpractice claims is over 55 billion dollars in the United States alone. 3 In addition, malpractice claims can have professional and emotional consequences to physicians.…”

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Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Involving Anesthesiology Residents: An Analysis of the National Westlaw Database

2020

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Background: Medical specialties have evaluated malpractice claims in residents, but to the best of our knowledge, malpractice claims have not been evaluated in anesthesiology residents. Methods:The Westlaw legal database was queried for all malpractice litigation cases involving anesthesiology residents in the United States from January 1959 through December 2018. The cases were divided into 2 cohorts by year (before and after 1990) to account for the differences in patient safety features and monitoring available in the different time periods.Results: Ninety cases were included in the analysis. The median (interquartile range) for inflation adjusted payments was $1 140 544 (0 to 4 158 589). There was no association between the year the claim was filled and the payment amount, Spearman rho = -0.17, P = 0.15. In contrast, for claims that occurred in the intraoperative period, there was a moderate negative association between the year of the claim and the inflation adjusted payment, Spearman rho = -0.45, P = 0.003.

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Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Involving Anesthesiology Residents: An Analysis of the National Westlaw Database

2020

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“…Recently, there have been increasing reports of lawsuits against surgeons in this realm. Outside of the prophylactic setting, a sentiment of ‘fear of litigation’ seems to be influencing surgeons to practice defensively and is weighing more than scientific evidence 5 . Even though the risk of surgical complications is comparable to standard closure, as demonstrated by the authors, a complication consequent to prophylactic mesh augmentation is more likely to be perceived as surgeon failure and thus lead to litigation.…”

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