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  1. Team-based group communications using checklists are widely advocated to achieve shared understandings and improve patient safety. Despite the positive effect checklists have on collaborations and reduced post...

    Authors: Brigid M. Gillespie, Teresa K. Withers, Joanne Lavin, Therese Gardiner and Andrea P. Marshall
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2016 10:3
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  2. Many adverse events occur due to poor communication between surgical and anesthesia unit personnel. The aim of this study was to identify strategies to reduce risks unveiled by a national survey on patient saf...

    Authors: Katarina Göransson, Johan Lundberg, Olle Ljungqvist, Elisabet Ohlsson and Gabriel Sandblom
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2016 10:2
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  3. Lowering air-borne bacteria counts in the operating room is essential in prevention of surgical site infections in orthopaedic joint replacement surgery. This is mainly achieved by decreasing bacteria counts t...

    Authors: Piotr Kasina, Ann Tammelin, Anne-Marie Blomfeldt, Bengt Ljungqvist, Berit Reinmüller and Carin Ottosson
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2016 10:1
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  5. Accuracy evaluation of navigated image free placement of double cortical fixation buttons for coracoclavicular tunnel position in comparison to conventional drill guide based placement.

    Authors: Jan Theopold, Bastian Marquass, Nikolaus von Dercks, Maria Mütze, Ralf Henkelmann, Christoph Josten and Pierre Hepp
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:41
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  7. Radiographic parameters and indices obtained from hip x-rays are a potential tool to promptly estimate bone quality in elderly hip fracture patients. Preoperative decision in whether to use cemented or cement ...

    Authors: Andy K. S. Yeo, Annette B Ahrberg, Jan D. Theopold, Sebastian Ewens, Gudrun Borte, Christoph Josten and Johannes K. M. Fakler
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:39
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  8. There is an increasing evidence in the literature showing that Acute Care surgical patients, likewise patients from every other surgical subspeciality, should be best first approached and managed only by atten...

    Authors: Salomone Di Saverio, Gregorio Tugnoli, Fausto Catena, Arianna Birindelli, Carlo Coniglio and Giovanni Gordini
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:38
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  10. Hemorrhoidal disease is highly prevalent in the western world. Stapled hemorrhoidopexy also known as the procedure for prolapsed hemorrhoids (pph) has been shown to be superior to conventional hemorrhoidectomy...

    Authors: Peter C. Ambe and Dirk R. Wassenberg
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:36
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  11. Pyogenic infections of the lumbar spine are a rare but critical pathology, yet with considerably high mortality rates. In cases indicating surgical therapy, the implantation of titanium cages or autologous bon...

    Authors: Sven K. Tschöke, Holger Fuchs, Oliver Schmidt, Jens Gulow, Nicolas H. von der Hoeh and Christoph-E. Heyde
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:35
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  12. The perioperative setting demands strong teamwork to ensure safe patient care, but anecdotally surgeons and anesthesiologists are not always fully truthful with each other. The present study sought to determin...

    Authors: Michael Nurok, Yuo-yu Lee, Yan Ma, Anthony Kirwan, Matthew Wynia and Scott Segal
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:34
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  13. Patients requiring inpatient pediatric rehabilitation following trauma or disabling illness often require complex care after hospital discharge. The patients and their families are at risk for loss of continui...

    Authors: Susan E. Biffl and Walter L. Biffl
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:33
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  15. Symptomatic gallstone disease is one of the most common problem attended by a general surgeon. The application of minimally invasive surgical techniques for the removal of gallbladder is now an accepted and pr...

    Authors: Aman Ahmad, Salman Faridi, Faisal Siddiqui, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi and Mehmood Khan
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:31
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  17. The Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) is a tool developed by the World Health Alliance for Patient Safety, to assist health professionals in improving patient safety during surgery. Numerous specialties have inc...

    Authors: Jaime García-París, Manuel Coheña-Jiménez, Pedro Montaño-Jiménez and Antonio Córdoba-Fernández
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:29
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  18. Checklist utilization in surgery has contributed to improved patient safety and reduced numbers of preventable complications. A living-donor kidney transplant (LDKT) preoperative checklist embedded within elec...

    Authors: Bradley C. Gill, Hans C. Arora, Hannah R. Kerr, Stuart M. Flechner, Courtney D. Ellis and David A. Goldfarb
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:28
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  20. Current surgical safety guidelines and checklists are generic and are not specifically tailored to address patient issues and risk factors in surgical subspecialties. Patient safety in surgical subspecialties ...

    Authors: Fernando J. Kim, Rodrigo Donalisio da Silva, Diedra Gustafson, Leticia Nogueira, Timothy Harlin and David L. Paul
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:26
    Content type: Review Published on:

  21. The optimal management of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures remains a topic of debate among trauma surgeons. The purpose of this study was to assess the safety of the sinus tarsi approach in regard...

    Authors: Nathaniel Rawicki, Ryan Wyatt, Nicholas Kusnezov, Enes Kanlic and Amr Abdelgawad
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:25
    Content type: Research Published on:

  22. The only surgery without risk of complications is the one not performed. Shared decision-making (SDM) offers a process which can help a physician and patient move beyond passive informed consent to a more coll...

    Authors: Alexandra E. Page
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:24
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  23. Insulinomas are rare tumors, in the majority of cases best treated by surgical resection. Preoperative localization of insulinoma is challenging. The more precise the preoperative localization the less invasiv...

    Authors: Anna Silvia Wenning, Paul Kirchner, Kwadwo Antwi, Melpomeni Fani, Damian Wild, Emanuel Christ and Beat Gloor
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:23
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  24. Mucormycosis is a rare but serious infection that can be seen in immunocompetent individuals who experience traumatic injury. The authors report a case in a 28 year-old man who sustained a mangling hand injury...

    Authors: Richard J Bowles, Justin J Mitchell, Connie Price and Kyros Ipaktchi
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:22
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  25. Mobile device technology has revolutionized interpersonal communication, but the application of this technology to the physician-patient relationship remains limited due to concerns over patient confidentialit...

    Authors: Chad R. Gordon, Kameron S. Rezzadeh, Andrew Li, Andrew Vardanian, Jonathan Zelken, Jamie T. Shores, Justin M. Sacks, Andres L. Segovia and Reza Jarrahy
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:21
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  26. Elective knee and hip arthroplasty is followed by infections in currently about 0.5–2.0 % of cases – a figure which is on the increase due to the rise in primary implants. Correct diagnosis early on is essenti...

    Authors: Dirk Zajonz, Lena Wuthe, Solveig Tiepolt, Philipp Brandmeier, Torsten Prietzel, Georg Freiherr von Salis-Soglio, Andreas Roth, Christoph Josten, Christoph-E. Heyde and Mohamed Ghanem
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:20
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  27. The V2 segment of the vertebral artery is very vulnerable to injury during cervical spine surgery. The incidence of vertebral artery injury during anterior cervical spine procedures is reported to be 0.22–2.77...

    Authors: Ali Nourbakhsh, Jinping Yang, Bruce Ziran and Kim J. Garges
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:19
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  28. Postoperative contralateral morbidities after fracture fixation surgery by hemilithotomy positioning on traction table is uncommon. We’d report a case of unexpected common peroneal nerve palsy developed on the...

    Authors: Kai-Lan Hsu, Chih-Wei Chang, Chii-Jeng Lin, Chih-Han Chang, Wei-Ren Su and Shu-Min Chen
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:18
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  29. Bacterial mediastinitis is a severe complication after open heart surgery. The infection causes prolonged hospitalization and an increased mortality risk. Observations from orthopaedic surgery showed that the ...

    Authors: Johanna Larsson, Sofia Sutherland, Åsa Söderström, Christine Roman-Emanuel, Anders Jeppsson, Elisabeth Hansson Olofsson and Per-Arne Svensson
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:17
    Content type: Research Published on:

  30. Iatrogenic injury during the posterior approach to the humerus during operative fixation is not an uncommon occurrence. A comprehensive understanding of the normal anatomy and its variants is of paramount impo...

    Authors: Li Sun, Brian K Park, Salil Gupta, John T Capo, Richard S Yoon and Frank A Liporace
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:16
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  31. We performed a retrospective and descriptive study to determine the feasibility of proximal humerus derotational osteotomy in younger patients with significant humeral head depression, who may not be good cand...

    Authors: Bruce Ziran and Ali Nourbakhsh
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:15
    Content type: Research Published on:

  32. The importance of vitamin D for musculoskeletal health has long been recognized, and awareness of significant extra-skeletal effects in health and disease is rapidly emerging. Although it has been possible for...

    Authors: Paul J Iglar and Kirk J Hogan
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:14
    Content type: Review Published on:

  34. The acronym LASA (look-alike sound-alike) denotes the problem of confusing similar- looking and/or sounding drugs accidentally. The most common causes of medication error jeopardizing patient safety are LASA a...

    Authors: Joerg Schnoor, Christina Rogalski, Roberto Frontini, Nils Engelmann and Christoph-Eckhardt Heyde
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:12
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  35. Simulation allows training without posing risk to patient safety. It has developed in response to the demand for patient safety and the reduced training times for surgeons. Whilst there is an increasing role o...

    Authors: Kashif Akhtar, Kapil Sugand, Asanka Wijendra, Nigel J Standfield, Justin P Cobb and Chinmay M Gupte
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:11
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  37. We present a case of needle separation during central venous catheter (CVC) placement in a super morbidly obese patient with subsequent surgical intervention in its retrieval. This complication, potentially le...

    Authors: Daniela Botolin, Annie Mooser, Duane Stillions, Keith Mortman, Shawn Sarin and Joseph Babrowicz
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:9
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  38. The goal of this project was to implement a daily pre-operative huddle (briefing) for orthopedic cases and evaluate the impact of the daily huddle on surgeons’ perceptions of interruptions and operative delays.

    Authors: Avish L Jain, Kerwyn C Jones, Jodi Simon and Mary D Patterson
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:8
    Content type: Research Published on:

  39. The incidence of falls in the elderly population is difficult to determine and therefore potentially underestimated. Screening algorithms usually have in common that the evaluation is undertaken by trained ind...

    Authors: Hans-Christoph Pape, Ulrike Schemmann, Juergen Foerster and Matthias Knobe
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:7
    Content type: Research Published on:

  41. Surgical safety checklists (SSCs) are designed to improve team communication and consistency in care, ultimately avoiding complications. In Colorado, hospitals reported that use of SSCs was standard practice, ...

    Authors: Walter L Biffl, Annalee W Gallagher, Fredric M Pieracci and Crystal Berumen
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:5
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. Decision-making in treatment of an acute compartment syndrome is based on clinical assessment, supported by invasive monitoring. Thus, evolving compartment syndrome may require repeated pressure measurements. ...

    Authors: Richard Martin Sellei, Simon Johannes Hingmann, Philipp Kobbe, Christian Weber, John Edward Grice, Frauke Zimmerman, Sabine Jeromin, Frank Hildebrand and Hans-Christoph Pape
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:4
    Content type: Research Published on:

  43. Laser lithotripsy of vesical calculi in tetraplegic subjects with long-term urinary catheters is fraught with complications because of bladder wall oedema, infection, fragile urothelium, bladder spasms, and au...

    Authors: Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Gurpreet Singh, Fahed Selmi, Peter L Hughes, Bakul M Soni and Tun Oo
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:3
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  44. Wide variation in the outcomes of colorectal surgery persists, despite a well-established evidence-base to inform clinical practice. This variation may be attributed to differences in quality of care, but we d...

    Authors: Ben E Byrne, Anna Pinto, Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle, Omar D Faiz and Charles A Vincent
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:2
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. After an initial febrile viral syndrome, infection with Ebola virus often induces an explosive late “Ebola sepsis-like syndrome” which appears very similar to some phenotypes of bacterial sepsis and is commonl...

    Authors: Lawrence A Lynn
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2015 9:1
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  46. The reduction of perioperative harm is a major priority of in-hospital health care and the reporting of incidents and their causes is an important source of information to improve perioperative patient safety....

    Authors: Anita J Heideveld-Chevalking, Hiske Calsbeek, Johan Damen, Hein Gooszen and André P Wolff
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2014 8:46
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. Hypocalcemia and nerve injury are the most severe complications after thyroid surgery. The duration of surgery has not been previously considered as a risk factor for postoperative complications in patients un...

    Authors: Peter C Ambe, Silvia Brömling, Wolfram T Knoefel and Alexander Rehders
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2014 8:45
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. Autonomic dysreflexia is poorly recognised outside of spinal cord injury centres, and may result in adverse outcomes including mortality from delayed diagnosis and treatment. We present a spinal cord injury pa...

    Authors: Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M Soni, Tun Oo, Peter L Hughes and Gurpreet Singh
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2014 8:44
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  49. The stand-alone treatment of degenerative cervical spine pathologies is a proven method in clinical practice. However, its impact on subsidence, the resulting changes to the profile of the cervical spine and t...

    Authors: Dirk Zajonz, Anne-Catherine Franke, Nicolas von der Höh, Anna Voelker, Michael Moche, Jens Gulow and Christoph-Eckhard Heyde
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2014 8:43
    Content type: Research Published on:

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