Open AccessWrong site surgery! How can we stop it?
Author(s) -
Vishwanath Hanchanale,
Amrith Raj Rao,
Hanif Motiwala,
O. Karim
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.127031
Subject(s) - medicine , checklist , harm , surgery , general surgery , psychology , political science , law , cognitive psychology
"Primum non nocere" (first do no harm): Hippocrates (c. 460 BC-377 BC). Wrong site surgery is the fourth commonest sentinel event after patient suicide, operative and post-operative complications, and medication errors. Misinterpretation of the clinic letters or radiology reports is the commonest reason for the wrong site being marked before surgery.