Side errors in neurosurgery.

P. Mitchell; C. L. Nicholson; A. Jenkins

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Side errors in neurosurgery.

December 22, 2010

Mitchell P, Nicholson CL, Jenkins A. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2006;148(12):1289-92; discussion 1292.

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The authors interviewed surgeons involved in wrong-site incidents and found that the errors of omission were primarily due to distractions in the operating environment.

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