ArticleJournal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base2026
Courthouses and Craniotomies: Medical Malpractice Indemnity Payments and Litigation Verdicts in Skull Base and Open Cerebrovascular Neurosurgical Practice in the United States throughout the 21st Century.
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Background: This work offers analysis of lawsuits associated with skull base and open cerebrovascular pathologies in the past 24 years using Westlaw Edge legal database. Methods: Litigation outcome possibilities were either jury verdicts in favor of the plaintiff (patient) or defendant (physician), or settlement. US circuit courts were utilized for geographical analysis. Results: Overall, a defense verdict was awarded in 57.1% of cases ( Conclusion: Most malpractice cases (53.6%) involved aneurysmal pathology, followed by skull base tumors (23.8%). Claims were most commonly against neurological surgery specialty (41.7%) and radiology (15.5%). US circuit 9 had the highest number of cases (22/84, 26.2%), with a majority occurring in California (
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