Titel | Prevention of law suits after cataract surgery |
Doel | To prevent the increasing occurrence of law suits. |
Methodes | In the preoperative stage: careful selection of patients on objective but also on subjective criteria. In the operative stage: very complete surgical report without omitting any details. In the post-operative stage: following the patient personally (don’t “delegate”); listen carefully: don’t “brush away” complaints but on the contrary give them attention and care. Never loose contact with the patient. |
Conclusie | Application of these guidelines allowed us to avoid any law suit for the last 30 years. |
Naam | TRAU |
Initialen | R |
Instituut | University Clinic of Antwerp, department of ophthalmology |
Stad | Antwerp |