What happens when the surgeon and operating room team leave something inside you?
Retained surgical items are sentinel or never events, but they still happen regularly
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Operating room
Operating room and surgical fire medical malpractice
Around 600 patients annually are injured by surgical fires in the U.S.
Research shows that surgery centers aren't as safe as hospital operating rooms
More surgeries are now performed at ambulatory surgery centers than hospitals
Why your surgeon or anesthesiologist might not be the one working on you in the operating room
Learn the secret shell game that occurs daily at many major hospitals
Three steps that you can take to reduce your anesthesia risk
Safe anesthesia care requires proper planning by an anesthesiologist
What you should know about the common risks of minimally-invasive laparoscopic surgery
Learn why the most dangerous part of a laparoscopic surgery is usually at the beginning
Surgeons admit under oath to operating on wrong kidney
Hospitals and operating rooms must have surgical time-out policies and procedures in place to prevent this type of never-event error
What you need to know about cardiac clearance and how it might save your life
A simple, inexpensive test can identify cardiovascular risks that could make surgery dangerous
Surgical team operates on wrong knee
Wrong-site operations only happen when surgeons, anesthesia providers, and nurses skip crucial safety steps
What is an incidental durotomy and is it medical malpractice?
Damage to the dura mater of the spinal cord or nerve roots increases patient risks for some serious conditions, requiring close monitoring