Errors in surgery: a case control study.
Marsh KM, Turrentine FE, Schenk WG, et al. Errors in surgery: a case control study. Ann Surg. 2022;276(5):e347-e352. doi:10.1097/sla.0000000000005664.
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.