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- Title
Legal Claims in Bariatric Surgery.
- Authors
Tuchtan, Lucile; Kassir, Radwan; Sastre, Bernard; Gugenheim, Jean; Jarry, Jean; Gouillat, Christian; Piercecchi-Marti, Marie-Dominique; Bartoli, Christophe
- Abstract
The article focuses on the rise of medical malpractice suits related to bariatric surgery in France between 2002 and 2013. Topics discussed include information on the medical malpractice system in France, the notion of a medical accident without malpractice, and the areas that need improvement in the surgical management of patients being treated for morbid obesity.
- Subjects
FRANCE; BARIATRIC surgery; MEDICAL malpractice; MORBID obesity; OVERWEIGHT persons; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2016, Vol 26, Issue 3, p624
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-015-2021-z