Assessment of Some Medical Malpractice Cases During Surgical Procedures in Yemen | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 24, Issue 1, July 2006, Page 415-429 PDF (589.73 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2006.17906 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Nabil H. S. AL Hamady | ||||
| Assistant professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana’a University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Aimofwork:-Thisresearchaimstostudysomecasesofmedicalmalpracticeandprovides guidanceformedicalpersonstominimizeorevenavoidmedicalmalpracticeamongYemenis. SubjectsandMethods:-ThisfirststudyinYemenwasdoneonhundredcasesofmedical malpracticeduringsurgerythatwerecollectedrandomlythroughthelasttenyears(1996-2005) frommanyplacesinYemen.Allcaseswereagingfrom3to70yearsold.Thegenderofpatient was54malesand46females. Results:-Thisstudyshowedhighlysignificantincreaseofnumberofcasesbetweenages21-30, 41-50and51-60inbothsexesascomparedtoothergroupsofage,whileages11-20and31-40 showedsignificantincreaseinnumberofmalpracticecasesversusage61-70years.No significantdifferencebetweenfemalesandmalesamongthestudiedcases.Therewasvery highlystatisticalsignificantincreaseofnumberofmalpracticesthatdonebyonephysician whencomparedtothatdonebytwoorthreephysicians.Therewasveryhighlysignificant increaseinnumberofmalpracticecasesinpublichospitalversusotherhospitalsandinprivate hospitalsversusacademichospitals.Positivecasesofmedicalmalpracticewereveryhighly significantlydecreasedascomparedtonegativeoneinpublicandprivatehospitals&no significantdifferencebetweenpositiveandnegativecasesinacademichospitals.Therewas veryhighlysignificantincreaseinnumberofmalpracticecasesamongspecialistsascompareto universitystaffandconsultant.Therewasnostatisticalsignificantdifferencebetweenuniversity staffandconsultants.Therewasalsoveryhighlysignificantincreaseinnumberofnegative casesamonguniversitystaffandspecialists,butsignificantincreaseofnegativecasesas comparedtopositivecaseswasseenamongconsultants.Thisstudyprovedthatthegeneral surgeryshowedveryhighlysignificantincreaseinnumberofmalpracticecasesversusother groups.Urologyshowedsignificantincreaseinnumberofmalpracticecasesversusinternal medicineandneurosurgery.Itwasdemonstratedveryhighlysignificantincreaseinnumberof malpracticecasesduringintra-operativeandpost-operativestagesversusotherstages. Appendicectomyandcholecystectomyshowedveryhighlysignificantincreaseinnumberof malpracticecasesversusothertypesofoperations.Therewasnostatisticalsignificant differencebetweenthedistributionofcriminalandcivilcasesamongthestudiedcases.A statisticalsignificantdifferencewasshownbetweenthefinaloutcomeinnumberofdeathsand completerecoverywhencomparedwithcasesofpermanentdeformity. | ||||
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