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Title
Incidence, patterns, and prevention of wrong-site surgery.
Authors
Kwaan, Mary R; Studdert, David M; Zinner, Michael J; Gawande, Atul A
Abstract
We hypothesized that wrong-site surgery is infrequent and that a substantial proportion of such incidents are not preventable by current site-verification protocols.
Publication
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2006, Vol 141, Issue 4, p353