Ausgabe 1/2012
Inhalt (27 Artikel)
What can we learn from patient claims? A retrospective analysis of incidence and patterns of adverse events after orthopaedic procedures in Sweden
Annica Öhrn, Johan Elfström, Hans Tropp, Hans Rutberg
Cement-augmented dorsal instrumentation of the spine as a safe adjunct to the multimodal management of metastatic pheochromocytoma: a case report
Daniel Rittirsch, Edouard Battegay, Lukas U Zimmerli, Werner Baulig, Donat R Spahn, Christian Ossendorf, Guido A Wanner, Hans-Peter Simmen, Clément M L Werner
Are urological procedures in tetraplegic patients safely performed without anesthesia? A report of three cases
Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul Soni, Fahed Selmi, Gurpreet Singh, Cristian Esanu, Peter Hughes, Tun Oo, Kamesh Pulya
Transient common peroneal nerve palsy following skeletal tibial traction in a morbidly obese patient - case report of a preventable complication
Frank A Liporace, Richard S Yoon, Anil K Kesani
Gastrocnemius muscle herniation as a rare differential diagnosis of ankle sprain: case report and review of the literature
Greta Bergmann, Bernhard D Ciritsis, Guido A Wanner, Hans-Peter Simmen, Clément ML Werner, Georg Osterhoff
Percutaneous reduction and fixation of an intra-articular calcaneal fracture using an inflatable bone tamp: description of a novel and safe technique
Cyril Mauffrey, James R Bailey, David J Hak, Mark E Hammerberg
The dangers of damage control orthopedics: a case report of vascular injury after femoral fracture external fixation
Gregory R Staeheli, Michael R Fraser Jr, Steven J Morgan
Description of a multicenter safety checklist for intraoperative hemorrhage control while clamped during robotic partial nephrectomy
Kenneth G Nepple, Gurdarshan S Sandhu, Craig G Rogers, Mohamad E Allaf, Jihad H Kaouk, Robert S Figenshau, Michael D Stifelman, Sam B Bhayani
Does diagnostic delay of colorectal cancer result in malpractice claims? A retrospective analysis of the Swedish board of malpractice from 1995–2008
Larsolof Hafström, Henry Johansson, Jon Ahlberg
Pyonephrosis and urosepsis in a 41-year old patient with spina bifida: Case report of a preventable death
Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Fahed Selmi, Bakul Soni, Peter Hughes, Gurpreet Singh, Kamesh Pulya, Tun Oo
Does hyperthermic intraoperative chemotherapy lead to improved outcomes in patients with ovarian cancer? A single center cohort study in 111 consecutive patients
Rene Warschkow, Ignazio Tarantino, Jochen Lange, Sascha A Müller, Bruno M Schmied, Michael Zünd, Thomas Steffen
Electronic health records: what does your signature signify?
Michael S Victoroff MD
Resident work hour restrictions do not improve patient safety in surgery: a critical appraisal based on 7 years of experience in Switzerland
Adrian P Businger, Urban Laffer, Reto Kaderli
A clinical "near miss" highlights risk management issues surrounding ultrasound-guided and wire-localised breast resections
Daniel Richard Leff, Charles Vincent, Ragheed Al-Mufti, Deborah Cunningham, Ara Darzi, Dimitri J Hadjiminas
The 'nightmare' of wrong level in spine surgery: a critical appraisal
Claudio Irace, Susanna Usai
Unwitnessed magnet ingestion in a 5 year-old boy leading to bowel perforation after magnetic resonance imaging: case report of a rare but potentially detrimental complication
James R Bailey, Eric A Eisner, Eric W Edmonds
Renal tumors and second primary pancreatic tumors: a relationship with clinical impact?
Sascha A Müller, Sascha Pahernik, Ulf Hinz, David J Martin, Moritz N Wente, Thilo Hackert, Christine Leowardi, Axel Haferkamp, Markus W Büchler, Bruno M Schmied
Radiation dose reduction in CT-guided periradicular injections in lumbar spine: Feasibility of a new institutional protocol for improved patient safety
Juraj Artner, Balkan Cakir, Sebastian Weckbach, Heiko Reichel, Friederike Lattig
The application of evidence-based measures to reduce surgical site infections during orthopedic surgery - report of a single-center experience in Sweden
Annette Erichsen Andersson, Ingrid Bergh, Jón Karlsson, Bengt I Eriksson, Kerstin Nilsson
Hydronephrosis and renal failure following inadequate management of neuropathic bladder in a patient with spinal cord injury: Case report of a preventable complication
Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Fahed Selmi, Kottarathil Abraham Abraham, Peter Hughes, Gurpreet Singh, Bakul Soni
Quality review of an adverse incident reporting system and root cause analysis of serious adverse surgical incidents in a teaching hospital of Scotland
Maziar Khorsandi, Christos Skouras, Kevin Beatson, Afshin Alijani
The Munich Shoulder Questionnaire (MSQ): development and validation of an effective patient-reported tool for outcome measurement and patient safety in shoulder surgery
Florian Schmidutz, Marc Beirer, Volker Braunstein, Viktoria Bogner, Ernst Wiedemann, Peter Biberthaler
Comparison of three distinct surgical clothing systems for protection from air-borne bacteria: A prospective observational study
Ann Tammelin, Bengt Ljungqvist, Berit Reinmüller
Reconstruction of displaced acromio-clavicular joint dislocations using a triple suture-cerclage: description of a safe and efficient surgical technique
Gunther H Sandmann, Frank Martetschläger, Lisa Mey, Tobias M Kraus, Arne Buchholz, Philipp Ahrens, Ulrich Stöckle, Thomas Freude, Sebastian Siebenlist
Malpractice awareness among surgeons at a teaching hospital in Pakistan
Asfandyar Sheikh, Sajid Ali, Sadaf Ejaz, Marium Farooqi, Syed Salman Ahmed, Imran Jawaid
The 5th anniversary of “Patient Safety in Surgery” – from the Journal’s origin to its future vision
Philip F Stahel, Wade R Smith, Dieter Hahnloser, Giuseppe Nigri, Cyril Mauffrey, Pierre-Alain Clavien
Development of a surgical safety checklist for the performance of radical nephrectomy and tumor thrombectomy
Shivam Joshi, Michael A Gorin, Rajinikanth Ayyathurai, Gaetano Ciancio