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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Healthcare Liability and Thyroidectomy: When Is the Surgeon Wrong?

Maricla Marrone, Carlo Angeletti, Mirko Leonardelli, Stefano Duma, Gerardo Cazzato, Ettore Gorini, Alessandro Dell'Erba, Cristoforo Pomara

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maricla MarroneSection of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Bari Policlinico Hospital, University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1058-7269
Carlo AngelettiSection of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Bari Policlinico Hospital, University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9104-7880
Mirko LeonardelliSection of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Bari Policlinico Hospital, University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2663-4960
Stefano DumaSection of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Bari Policlinico Hospital, University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8017-1958
Gerardo CazzatoSection of Molecular Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0325-4316
Ettore GoriniDepartment of Economics and Finance, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Alessandro Dell'ErbaSection of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Bari Policlinico Hospital, University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Cristoforo PomaraDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95121 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9895-3402
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Catania · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid surgeries can often lead to operative complications, sometimes with consequences on the patient's health. This often leads to claims for compensation but the assessments of consultants and judges are not always objective. Based on these considerations, the authors analyzed forty-seven sentences issued between 2013 and 2022 regarding claims of alleged medical malpractice. This analysis aims to examine the cases presented in the sentences and the evaluations proposed by the judges to offer ideas for objective evaluation by the legislation in force in Italy.

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complicationsItalian legislationmedical malpracticethyroid surgeries

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PMID36833111
PMCPMC9956906
OpenAlexW4320918078

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