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This abstract is assigned to session BSCRS: Belgian Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Title

Prevention of law suits after cataract surgery

Purpose	To prevent the increasing occurrence of law suits.
Methods	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.
Conclusion	Application of these guidelines allowed us to avoid any law suit for the last 30 years.

Author 1

Last name	TRAU
Initials	R
Department	University Clinic of Antwerp, department of ophthalmology
City	Antwerp