Insurance Claims for Wrong-Side, Wrong-Organ, Wrong-Procedure, or Wrong-Person Surgical Errors: A Retrospective Study for 10 Years.

Objective: Serious adverse events, such as wrong-side, wrong-organ, wrong-procedure, or wrong-person errors, still occur despite the implementation of preventative measures. In France, we describe the claims related to such errors based on the database from one of the main insurance companies.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of claims declared between January 2007 and December 2017 to Relyens, a medical liability insurance company (Sham), was performed.

Clinical Safety Recommendations for Testicular Torsion: Analysis of 101 Claims Settled with Compensation in Spain and France.

Introduction: The study aimed to analyze testicular torsion (TT) claims settled with compensation to have data available as the basis for making recommendations to decrease clinical risk and prevent claims. TT is a urological emergency with a high rate of orchiectomy, representing one of the main reasons for urological claims.

Methods: Data were analyzed from personal majority policy and from the public sector of Catalonia (Spain), as well as data from the main medical civil liability insurance firm at healthcare centers in France in the period from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2018.