title: Obesity surgery: French medico-legal aspects.
abstract: The demand for bariatric surgery is expected to increase. It is a procedure that carries a high surgical risk, and a risk of postoperative complications due to the pathologies associated with obesity. Obesity surgery is not classified as plastic surgery, but may subsequently lead to plastic surgery-type operations. Malpractices in the field of obesity surgery are most frequently at the pre-operative stage. In the absence of any fault, a patient may obtain indemnification by "national solidarity". Physicians and surgeons have an obligation to be able to prove that they informed their patients properly.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Unit, Amiens University Medical Centre, Amiens, France. manaouil.cecile@chu-amiens.fr
authors.forename: Cecile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manaouil
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gignon
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jardé
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018579:Patient Selection; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures