title: [Extrajudicial medicolegal opinions].
abstract: Patients who endured complications due to a presumed or genuine medical error often request an extrajudicial medicolegal opinion. Frequently, the problems appear to originate from an insufficient (preoperative) information of the patient. These expert opinions are an instructive source of learning about possibly avoidable errors. Publishing such cases, in a completely anonymized form, should hopefully contribute to the prevention of the recurrence of certain mistakes. We present and comment on two postoperative events: (1) incisional hernias after abdominal hysterectomy and (2) a sub-diaphragmatic abscess after laparoscopic removal of a dermoid ovarian cyst with intraabdominal spillage of its content.
authors.affiliation: Zürich, Schweiz. g.bass@swissonline.ch
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bass
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005104:Expert Testimony; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007258:Informed Consent; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D010535:Laparoscopy; D019300:Medical Errors; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors