Surgical complications: disclosing adverse events and medical errors.

Audrey S. Wang; Daniel B. Eisen

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Surgical complications: disclosing adverse events and medical errors.

January 16, 2013

Wang AS, Eisen DB. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2013;68(1):144-6.

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This commentary presents a scenario involving a possible retained surgical object and reviews how to disclose such an error to a patient.

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