Analysis and outcomes of wrong site thyroid surgery

Analysis and outcomes of wrong site thyroid surgery

Abstract Background In thyroid surgery, wrong-site surgery (WSS) is considered a rare event and seldom reported in the literature. Case presentation This report presents 5 WSS cases following thyroid surgery in a 20-year period. We stratified the subtypes of WSS in wrong target, wrong side, wrong pr...

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Main Authors: Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Marco Raffaelli, Rocco Bellantone, Carmela De Crea, Carlo Enrico Ambrosini, Paolo Miccoli, Gabriele Materazzi, Antonio Ieni, Ettore Caruso, Daqi Zhang, Henning Dralle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Subjects:
Wrong-site surgery
WSS
Malpractice
Medical errors
Patient safety
Thymectomy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-021-01247-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-021-01247-7

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