Surgical error

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• 4 The surgical error is the arithmetic result of the preoperative vector combined with the surgically induced vector (SIA), less the target induced vector (TIA), which is analogous to neutralising a lens with another of the opposite sign (hence the reverse direction arrow).
• Although many times the surgical error is apparent to the surgeon, it is not described or contained in the dictated operative note.
• " Surgical error Surgical error is a costly business.
• The difficulty in discovering the surgical error is that often the patient is under the continued care of the surgeon who performed the error for a lengthy period of time afterwards, particularly when there is an obvious negative outcome.
• Types of Medical Malpractice Surgical error A surgical error is a situation in which an attending surgeon, anesthesiologist, surgical resident, or nursing staff causes an error that results in an injury.

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