Wrong-site sinus surgery in otolaryngology.

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Wrong-site sinus surgery in otolaryngology.

August 11, 2010

Shah RK, Nussenbaum B, Kienstra M, et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010;143(1):37-41.

This survey of otolaryngologists found that many respondents had personal experience with wrong-site surgery. Incorrectly labeled or inverted radiographic images were frequently implicated as a contributing cause.

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