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General surgery

We publish case reports as an aid to MPS members, to alert them to pitfalls that have caught their colleagues unawares. We believe that these are an invaluable risk-management tool and, as such, they should be rooted in fact – i.e. based on actual events.

Here are some general surgery cases published in recent editions of Casebook.

  • A normal appendix - May 2012
  • Minor operation – major problem - September 2011
  • Avoiding unnecessary surgery - May 2011
  • Filed and forgotten - September 2010
  • An unwelcome scar - January 2010
  • An unnecessary operation or two - September 2009
  • Consent? No sweat - September 2009
  • Act on your observations - May 2009
  • Sample not sent to histology - September 2008
  • We don't talk anymore - May 2008
  • Tracheostomy troubles - May 2008
  • Don't doctor the notes - May 2008
  • Assume nothing - September 2007
  • Enmeshed in complications - May 2007
  • Video nasty - February 2006
  • Concerning anaemia - November 2005
  • False reassurance and faulty follow-up - August 2005
  • Warning signs - May 2005
  • Difficult matters of opinion and recall - February 2005
  • The missing belly button - November 2004
  • A galling omission - August 2004
  • No consent, no defence - May 2004
  • Patient was ill-informed - February 2004
  • Damage to hepatic ducts - February 2004
  • Don't stick your neck out - November 2003
  • Deficient investigation of iron deficiency - November 2003
  • Tardy surgical intervention - August 2003
  • Inspect before you inject - August 2003

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