[Medical liability: the risk related to the new doctor-patient relationship].

Medical liability: the risk related to the new doctor-patient relationship. The practice of medecine, just as with any other profession, is being transformed by the development of new information technologies. But medicine is a one of a kind activity.

[The adequate information of patients].

The adequate information of patients. Providing information to patients is an intangible duty for physicians. It must be confirmed by indisputable elements if a lawsuit is initiated, because practitioners have the burden of proof of this information since 1997 and since the May 4th 2002 law.

[Patient counseling in case of postoperative complication leading to emergency reintervention in plastic surgery. What is the current situation? How to improve? Retrospective study of counseling modalities and traceability in a series of 16 patients who needed emergency reintervention within a cohort of 402 patients].

Aim: Preoperative counseling is structured and well defined. Nevertheless, in the event of a complication leading to a new emergency surgical procedure, counseling is not well defined. We conducted a retrospective study of information delivered in this situation at our institution.

[French lawsuits after breast implantation].

Standpoint of surgeon about the french legislation on breast implant surgery in 2005. All possible proceedings in France are listed: Ordinal court (Deontology and professional risks), Civil court (Sharing of the costs and after-effects), Penal court (Personal punishement) and recently National Office on therapeutic hazards. Sinistrality observed in one insurance practice, in France, is described (1999-2004).

[The therapeutic function of the aesthetic surgery].

By its definition and its etymology, aesthetic surgery is as much a surgery for the soul as for the body. Aesthetic surgery is a true "armed" therapy that essentially targets the psychology of the patient. This therapeutic "arsenal" preserves and/or restores the health of the patient according to its different aspects as defined by the World Health Organization.