Allegations of Failure to Obtain Informed Consent in Spinal Surgery Medical Malpractice Claims.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Predictive factors associated with increased risk of medical malpractice litigation have been identified, including severity of injury, physician sex, and error in diagnosis. However, there is a paucity of literature investigating informed consent in spinal surgery malpractice.

Objective

To investigate the failure to obtain informed consent as an allegation in medical malpractice claims for patients undergoing a spinal procedure.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective cohort study, a national medicolegal database was searched for malpractice claim cases related to spinal surgery for all years available (ie, January 1, 1980, through December 31, 2015).

Main outcomes and measures

Failure to obtain informed consent and associated medica

SUBMITTER: Grauberger J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5831424 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature