Patient-reported 'treatment injuries' after hand surgery. A review of 1321 claims submitted to the Norwegian system of patient injury compensation 2007-2017.

CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: This is the first national study of patient-reported injuries after hand surgery treatment in Norway. The proportion of accepted claims is similar to that seen for orthopaedics. Acceptance levels were, however, higher for hand trauma cases than for disorders treated electively. ABBREVIATIONS: NPE: Norwegian system of patient injury compensation; SD: standard deviation; CT: computed tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; UiT: University of Tromsø - Arctic University of Norway. PMID: 33302759 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: J Plast Surg Hand Surg Source Type: research