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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780148903321

Autore

Porter R. W (Richard William)

Titolo

The spine and medical negligence / / R.W. Porter, Formerly Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Aberdeen and Director of Education and Training, the Royal College of Surgeons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press

Oxford : , : Bios Scientific Publishers, , [1998]

ISBN

1-00-303996-0

1-003-03996-0

0-203-09239-2

0-585-41770-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 200 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

346.730332

Soggetti

Spinal Diseases - surgery

Medical Errors

Malpractice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

General considerations -- Spinal complications -- Spinal pathologies -- Procedures.

Sommario/riassunto

More than 20,000 spinal operations are carried out in the UK each year, and it is inevitable and unfortunate that mistakes will occasionally be made. Only careful attention to detail in the pre-operative assessment, meticulous surgical care and supervised post-operative management will ensure consistently good results.This book illustrates the difference between the occasional inevitable complication that can occur in expert hands and avoidable mistakes.