Consultation for Simple Laceration Repair When On-Call in the Emergency Department: Potential Quagmire

Summary:. What are the forces obligating a plastic surgeon who is on-call for the emergency department to respond to a consultation request for repair of a simple laceration? Although the duties are clear in cases of obvious surgical emergency, ambiguity and subsequent conflict may arise when the tr...

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Main Authors: Ross I.S. Zbar, MD, FACS, Edward Monico, MD, JD, Arthur Calise, DO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-07-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001428