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New Study: 7 Emergency Surgeries to Avoid if Possible Because of Associated Complication Rate and Mortality A new study shows seven emergencies patients should try to avoid as shared by New York Medical Malpractice Attorney Gerry Oginski -
Medication Errors During Surgery The mistakes included drug labeling errors, incorrect dosing, drug documentation mistakes, and/or failing to properly treat changes in a patient's vital signs -
Sleepless Surgeons; Does it Affect Surgical Outcomes? The study surprisingly showed that the risk of death or complications after surgery was no more likely if the surgeon pulled a midnight shift before -
Researchers find that inadequate communication between health care providers is a frequent contributing factor for wrong-site surgery. How safe is surgery today? More importantly, how common are surgical errors? -
Pre-Surgery Education Lacking for Patients Positive correlation between patient education and post-surgery outcomes is good news for patients and has significant implications for healthcare providers -
Is it Important to have an Experienced Surgeon? Experts are urging patients to research their surgeons (to see how many surgeons they have performed and what their fatality rates are) before picking one -
Botched Operation: Forceps Left in Abdomen A woman’s surgeon accidentally left forceps in her abdomen after her surgery. Case study in Spain of a retained foreign body during surgery. -
What are your Chances of Surviving a Risky Surgery? Experts say the chance of surviving any of four high-risk surgeries can vary by as much as 23 percent depending on what hospital patients use, according to -
Are New Surgeons Skilled Enough to Operate on You? Surgery is known to have many risks. What if on top of the risks that surgery already poses, your surgeon did not have enough training? A new report shows that -
Superbug Found on Medical Instruments Contributes to 2 Patient Deaths some medical instruments used in various endoscopies were not cleaned properly, causing a superbug from the instruments to spread to multiple patients; CRE