Causes of Injury and Litigation in Cutaneous Laser Surgery: An Update From 2012 to 2020

CONCLUSION Previous work evaluating trends in laser surgery litigation from 1985 to 2012 identified increasing injury and legal action when performed by NPOs. Data from this study are consistent with these previous findings. Both studies demonstrate that NPOs account for most cases of legal action with an increasing proportion of cases being performed by NPOs. In this study, unsupervised NPOs comprise nearly three-quarters of laser surgery lawsuits, but the data may underestimate the frequency of injury and litigation caused by unsupervised NPOs.
Source: Dermatologic Surgery - Category: Dermatology Tags: Original Article Source Type: research