Characteristics of Medical Adverse Events/Near Misses Associated With Laparoscopic/Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Retrospective Study Based on the Japanese National Database of Medical Adverse Events.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to clarify the characteristics of adverse events/near misses during laparoscopic/thoracoscopic surgery.

Methods

Using relevant key words for minimally invasive surgeries, 540 records were identified in the database of the Japan Council for Quality Health Care. After data review and the classification of adverse events, 746 events associated with laparoscopic (laparo group) and/or thoracoscopic (thoraco group) surgery were identified. We calculated the frequency of each event, compared the frequency regarding recurrent events, and evaluated the types of event that had resulted in deaths between the 2 groups.

Results

There were 582 events in the laparo group, 159 in the thoraco group, and 5 in those undergoing combined surgery. Overa

SUBMITTER: Abe T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6903345 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature