Medical malpractice suits commonly arise from situations where surgeons operated on the wrong site or body part. Obviously, this type of grievous error represents a potentially devastating event for all parties involved. Cases of "wrong site surgery" frequently attract considerable media attention and lead to million-dollar malpractice lawsuits. Last year alone, it was estimated that there were 84 such accidents reported. Even worse, some experts say that number is only the tip of the iceberg, since many states don't require hospitals to report this type of surgical error. This indicates that many more wrong site surgeries probably occur but go unreported.
Common factors identified in wrong site surgery include the involvement of multiple surgeons on a case, the performance of multiple procedures during a single trip to the operating room, unusual time constraints, and unusual anatomy or patient characteristics, such as physical deformity or morbid obesity.
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