title: [Obligatory informed consent on the risks to the accommodation ability of the eye after the implantation of an artificial lens].
abstract: The article reports a medical malpractice claim in Germany against an ophthalmologist who implanted an artificial lens without informing the patient about the risk of losing the eye's accommodation ability before undertaking surgery. As informed consent was not obtained, in spite of the obligation to so, the court ruled that the physician should pay compensation for medical malpractice. The author shows how similar malpractice cases can be prevented in future.
authors.affiliation: post@riemer-law.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riemer
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008318:Malpractice / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*