title: [Urological diseases most frequently involved in medical professional liability claims].
abstract: Clinical safety and medical professional liability are international major concerns, especially in surgical specialties such as urology. This article analyzes the claims filed at the Council of Medical Colleges of Catalonia between 1990 and 2012, exploring urology procedures. The review of the 173 cases identified in the database highlighted the importance of surgical procedures (74%). Higher frequencies related to scrotal-testicular pathology (34%), especially testicular torsion (7.5%) and vasectomy (19.6%), and prostate pathology (26 %), more specifically the surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (17.9%). Although urology is not among the specialties with the higher frequency of claims, there are special areas of litigation in which it is advisable to implement improvements in clinical safety.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Urología. Hospital de Viladecans. Viladecans. Barcelona. España; Servicio de Responsabilidad Profesional. Área de Praxis. Colegio de Médicos de Barcelona. Consejo de Colegios de Médicos de Cataluña. Barcelona. España. Electronic address: urocvb@gmail.com.
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vargas-Blasco
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Responsabilidad Profesional. Área de Praxis. Colegio de Médicos de Barcelona. Consejo de Colegios de Médicos de Cataluña. Barcelona. España; Departamento de Medicina. Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Internacional de Catalunya. Barcelona. España; Unidad de Psiquiatría. Fundació Sociosanitaria de Barcelona. Barcelona. España.
authors.forename: Esperanza L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Gómez-Durán
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Responsabilidad Profesional. Área de Praxis. Colegio de Médicos de Barcelona. Consejo de Colegios de Médicos de Cataluña. Barcelona. España; Unidad de Medicina Legal y Forense. Departamento de Salud Pública. Facultad de Medicina. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona. España.
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arimany-Manso
authors.affiliation: Clínica Médico Forense de Madrid. Madrid. España.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pera-Bajo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D016365:Liability, Legal / Q000191:economics; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D008318:Malpractice / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000401:mortality
keywords: Mala praxis médica; Medical liability; Medical malpractice; Patient Safety; Responsabilidad profesional médica; Seguridad clínica; Urology; Urología