TOTBİD Dergisi

TOTBİD Dergisi

2020, Cilt 19, Sayı, 1     (Sayfalar: 070-075)

Forensic Medicine experiences related to malpractice in Orthopedics and Traumatology

Mehmet Akif Kaygusuz 1, Sevda Uzun Dırvar 2

1 S.B. İstanbul Metin Sabancı Baltalimanı Kemik Hastalıkları Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği, İstanbul
2 S.B. İstanbul Metin Sabancı Baltalimanı Kemik Hastalıkları Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Sağlık Yönetimi Doktora Öğrencisi, İstanbul

DOI: 10.14292/totbid.dergisi.2020.11
Görüntüleme: 693
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İndirme : 548

Forensic Medicine Records complaints concentrated in the field of orthopedics and traumatology were examined between 2016–2019, It is seen that there is a wide range of complaints from plas-ter applications to hand cuts; extremity, pelvic and spine fractures treatment and follow-up and orthopedic elective surgery. Forensic case files in orthopedic surgery are usually vascular and nerve injuries, fractures that cause excessive blood loss, problems related to plaster applications, diagnosis and management of hand and limb cuts and foreign body retention, problems with arthroscopic procedures, fractures and injuries of the spine, fracture fixation and joint prosthesis complaints, complications, and complication management. Orthopaedics and traumatology specialist should be involved in the treatment process personally, follow the plaster cast seriously, manage the patient multidisciplinary and ask for the necessary consultations.

Anahtar Kelimeler : malpractice, forensic medicine, orthopaedics and traumatology