Iatrogenic Abdominal Injury.
- Author:
Il Hoon KWON
1
Author Information
1. National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Abdominal Injuries*
- From:Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
1998;22(2):85-90
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Surgical operation or invasive diagnostic procedure may inflict unwanted mechanical injury on either tissue or organ. Iatrogenic injury is said that unwanted, accidental mechanical injury of the body, caused by surgical procedures. Rarely intraabdominal operation, spinal surgery or invasive diagnostic procedures can cause iatrogenic abdominal injury, which becomes the subject of a medicolegal investigation by prolonged treatment period, sequelae, and death.
