Medical malpractice claims in laparoscopic gynecologic surgery: a Dutch overview of 20 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The success of newly introduced surgical techniques is generally primarily assessed by surgical outcome measures. However, data on medical liability should concomitantly be used to evaluate provided care as they give a unique insight into substandard care from patient's point of view. The aim of this study was to analyze the number and type of medical claims after laparoscopic gynecologic procedures since the introduction of advanced laparoscopy two decades ago. Secondly, our objective was to identify trends and/or risk factors associated with these claims.

Methods

To identify the claims, we searched the databases of the two largest medical liability mutual insurance companies in The Netherlands (MediRisk and Centramed), covering together 96% of the Dutch hospital

SUBMITTER: Sandberg EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5715033 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature