PERSONAL SURGICAL ERRORS.

Surgical Errors and Safeguards

Identifying and reducing errors with surgical simulation.

The major determinant of a patient's safety and outcome is the skill and judgment of the surgeon. While knowledge base and decision processing are evaluated during residency, technical skills-which are at the core of the profession-are not evaluated. Innovative state of the art simulation devices that train both surgical tasks and skills, without risk to patients, should allow for the detection...

Surgical Dissection of the Facial nerve in Parotidectomy: Our Personal Experience

A protocol for the reduction of surgical errors.

M edical errors make headline news. The headlines will always emphasise the human suffering associated with medical error, but the prevention of such errors comes as the result of detailed analysis of their circumstances. One area of particular concern to surgeons is wrong site/wrong side surgery. Although its occurrence is rare, it is potentially avoidable. A notable recent case in the UK was ...

Surgical errors and risks – the head and neck cancer patient

Head and neck surgery is one of the basic principles of head and neck cancer therapy. Surgical errors and malpractice can have fatal consequences for the treated patients. This can lead into functional impairment and even have impact in future chances for disease related survival. There are many risks for head and neck surgeons which can cause errors and malpractice. To avoid surgical errors, t...