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Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > December, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 12

Patient Positioning Tips

The right equipment and know-how can make surgery easier and head off complications.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

The patient's hysterectomy was nearly a decade ago, yet the pain and anguish from that surgery remain. In an unlikely place: her right arm, which hangs there, numb, weak and without function. From an unlikely source: a poorly positioned armboard that court records say contorted the woman's arm well beyond a right angle for the duration of the 3-hour, 50-minute procedure.

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