Invited Commentary

I read with interest the preceding article in this issue of Annals of Vascular Surgery by Phair et al regarding medical malpractice and vascular surgeons. The authors make an excellent attempt at giving us a better understanding of the factors that lead to the filing of a medical malpractice claims against members of our specialty by reviewing cases from a national databank. However, as noted in their manuscript, the Westlaw database is extremely limited, and contains only a small fraction of the cases that are filed each year.
Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research