[Medical liability for secondary surgery].

[Medical liability for secondary surgery]. Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2019 Aug 31;: Authors: Saboye J Abstract Taking care of a patient for secondary surgery is an important moral, ethical and legal responsibility. The patient is expecting a lot of this recovery. A new failure is hardly not acceptable to him. Before agreeing to operate, the new surgeon must well evaluate the possibilities of success and the operational risks, as well as the psychological aspects of this recovery. He must also inform the patient extensively. In front of the technical difficulty of these secondary surgeries, a new failure is always possible. It can lead to a judicial questioning of the last surgeon. The latter is responsible only for his own actions, however the reality of the prior state at the origin of this secondary surgery will have to be investigated and demonstrated, as it will not be borne by the last surgeon in terms of compensation. PMID: 31481253 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annales de Chirurgie Plastique et Esthetique - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Tags: Ann Chir Plast Esthet Source Type: research