SPLENIC RUPTURE DURING COLONOSCOPY: COMPLICATION OR MEDICAL ERROR? CASE REPORT AND MEDICO LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

Iatrogenic splenic injury during colonoscopy is a rare but known occurrence. Such a rare event raises many issues relating to medical professional liability, since it is not always easy to establish whether the onset of the splenic injury is related to a technical error on part of the operator or si...

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Autor principal:	Margherita Pallocci
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici 2021
Materias:	iatrogenic splenic injury endoscopy informed consent forensic medicine medical liability Medicine (General) R5-920
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/83e6f77afc4d4f7c8a0c06646276e0b8
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:83e6f77afc4d4f7c8a0c06646276e0b82021-11-11T18:32:59ZSPLENIC RUPTURE DURING COLONOSCOPY: COMPLICATION OR MEDICAL ERROR? CASE REPORT AND MEDICO LEGAL IMPLICATIONS10.3269/1970-5492.2021.16.332279-7165https://doaj.org/article/83e6f77afc4d4f7c8a0c06646276e0b82021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.embj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Pallocci_33-1.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2279-7165Iatrogenic splenic injury during colonoscopy is a rare but known occurrence. Such a rare event raises many issues relating to medical professional liability, since it is not always easy to establish whether the onset of the splenic injury is related to a technical error on part of the operator or simply to a complication. We report the case of a 52-year-old woman who, after undergoing a diagnostic therapeutic endoscopic procedure, suffered an acute spleen rupture, without documented bowel perforation, requiring emergency splenectomy. In the case herein reported, a further medico-legal issue is related to the failure of predicting such a complication, given its rare occurrence in the informed consent form signed by the patient.Margherita PallocciAssociazione Italiana Giovani Mediciarticleiatrogenic splenic injuryendoscopyinformed consentforensic medicinemedical liabilityMedicine (General)R5-920ENEuromediterranean Biomedical Journal, Vol 16, Iss 33, Pp 145-147 (2021)
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spellingShingle	iatrogenic splenic injury endoscopy informed consent forensic medicine medical liability Medicine (General) R5-920 Margherita Pallocci SPLENIC RUPTURE DURING COLONOSCOPY: COMPLICATION OR MEDICAL ERROR? CASE REPORT AND MEDICO LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
description	Iatrogenic splenic injury during colonoscopy is a rare but known occurrence. Such a rare event raises many issues relating to medical professional liability, since it is not always easy to establish whether the onset of the splenic injury is related to a technical error on part of the operator or simply to a complication. We report the case of a 52-year-old woman who, after undergoing a diagnostic therapeutic endoscopic procedure, suffered an acute spleen rupture, without documented bowel perforation, requiring emergency splenectomy. In the case herein reported, a further medico-legal issue is related to the failure of predicting such a complication, given its rare occurrence in the informed consent form signed by the patient.
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author	Margherita Pallocci
author_facet	Margherita Pallocci
author_sort	Margherita Pallocci
title	SPLENIC RUPTURE DURING COLONOSCOPY: COMPLICATION OR MEDICAL ERROR? CASE REPORT AND MEDICO LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
title_short	SPLENIC RUPTURE DURING COLONOSCOPY: COMPLICATION OR MEDICAL ERROR? CASE REPORT AND MEDICO LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
title_full	SPLENIC RUPTURE DURING COLONOSCOPY: COMPLICATION OR MEDICAL ERROR? CASE REPORT AND MEDICO LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
title_fullStr	SPLENIC RUPTURE DURING COLONOSCOPY: COMPLICATION OR MEDICAL ERROR? CASE REPORT AND MEDICO LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
title_full_unstemmed	SPLENIC RUPTURE DURING COLONOSCOPY: COMPLICATION OR MEDICAL ERROR? CASE REPORT AND MEDICO LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
title_sort	splenic rupture during colonoscopy: complication or medical error? case report and medico legal implications
publisher	Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/83e6f77afc4d4f7c8a0c06646276e0b8
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SPLENIC RUPTURE DURING COLONOSCOPY: COMPLICATION OR MEDICAL ERROR? CASE REPORT AND MEDICO LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

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