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There's no such thing as "minor" surgery. All surgery has the potential for complications, and surgical errors are the second-most common reason for medical malpractice claims, accounting for roughly 25% of the cases that end up being brought against medical...

Coming to terms with having an arm or leg amputated is incredibly difficult. Your entire world is irretrievably altered and will never again be the same.But undergoing an amputation of the wrong limb due to a medical error is just beyond the pale. The problem is...

Some things are just never supposed to happen to patients who seek treatment at hospitals. These adverse incidents that can cause terrible and permanent damage (and sometimes even be fatal) to patients are known as "never events."The reason for that is that they are...

What if medical providers and surgeons could cut the number of surgical errors in half? Most people would agree that doing so would be a helpful step toward better patient safety.A recently published study has shown that new and aspiring surgeons can benefit from...

Sometimes, a medical procedure goes wrong in a way that nobody could anticipate. Most of the time, however, the things that go wrong are totally predictable.When a surgical event goes bad in a way that is wholly preventable, it's called a "never" event -- meaning it...

Surgery patients are among the most vulnerable in the entire hospital. Unless they're just having a minor surgery done with only a local anesthetic, the patient will have to undergo general anesthesia. They are literally at the mercy of the doctors and nurses while...

Closing a surgical wound correctly is an essential step to making sure that a patient is not exposed to bacteria or other infectious agents too openly. Sutures are meant to keep the wound closed and sealed until the body heals on its own. In most cases, sutures are...

When a medical team is taking you into an operating room, they should have all the information they need to keep you safe. They should know the procedure. They should know your allergies and intolerances. They need to know who you are and any information about you...

Imagine waking up from surgery to remove a diseased kidney only to be told that the surgeon accidentally excised the healthy organ and left the diseased kidney in place. Now, you are facing a lifetime on dialysis.How could this have happened? Unfortunately, wrong-site...

Waking up from a surgery and learning that you had an operation on the wrong area of your body or finding out that you need a second surgery to remove an object left inside you can be horrifying. You put your life and health in your medical team's care, and you...