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Medical legal complications of cutaneous surgery
Author(s) -
MAN JEREMY,
GOLDBERG DAVID
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
dermatologic therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1529-8019
pISSN - 1396-0296
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2012.01452.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , general surgery , intensive care medicine
Complications in surgery are an unfavorable outcome as a result of a procedure. These can occur intraoperatively, immediately after or in the distant future. Minimizing the risk and prompt treatment of complications is important to avoid potentially disastrous outcomes. This article will review the more common complications of cutaneous surgery and then analyze the legal consequences of these complications.