Errors in surgery: a case control study.

Katherine M Marsh; Florence E. Turrentine; Worthington G Schenk; John B Hanks; Bruce D Schirmer; John P Davis; Timothy L McMurry; Sarah J Ratcliffe; Victor M Zaydfudim; R.S Jones

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Errors in surgery: a case control study.

December 14, 2022

Marsh KM, Turrentine FE, Schenk WG, et al. Ann Surg. 2022;276(5):e347-e352.

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The perioperative period represents a vulnerable time for patients. This retrospective review of patients undergoing surgery at one hospital over a one-year period concluded that medical errors (including, but not limited to, technical errors, diagnostic errors, system errors, and errors of omission) were strongly associated with postoperative morbidity.

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