Saved by the video: added value of recording surgical procedures on video.
Intraoperative imaging has immense value for teaching and training surgeons by providing part of a future digital medical record of the patient and supportive evidence of good practice and an open attitude to patient safety. We report a case in which intraoperative video recording of an operation allowed us, after an incorrect count, to confidently assert that there was no equipment left behind in the patient.
Hoschtitzky
Johann Andreas
JA
Cardiothoracic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom. ahoschtitzky@yahoo.com
Trivedi
Dipesh B
DB
Elliott
Martin J
MJ
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014741:Video Recording