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Low documentation of postoperative adhesions on consent forms for laparotomy
Livingstone Solomon1, Ramya Dhandapani, Robin Brown
1Department of Surgery, Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry, BT35 8DR. stonesolouk@yahoo.co.uk
Journal of Perioperative Practice
|May 8, 2010
Abstract
Aim:
To assess the documentation of postoperative adhesions as a potential complication of laparotomy on consent forms.
Method:
Retrospective study of hospital notes of 102 adult patients that underwent laparotomy over a two year period.
Results:
Intraperitoneal adhesions were documented as a postoperative risk on 10 consent forms (9.8%) only.
Conclusion:
The results imply that most patients were not informed of this common postoperative complication and this may have medicolegal and risk management implications.
