Korean J Leg Med.
1998 Oct;22(2):85-90.
Iatrogenic Abdominal Injury
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- 1National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Korea.
Abstract
- Surgical operation or invasive diagnostic procedure may inflict unwanted mechanical injury on either tissue or organ. Iatrogenic injury is said that unwanted, accidental mechanical injury of the body, caused by surgical procedures. Rarely intraabdominal operation, spinal surgery or invasive diagnostic procedures can cause iatrogenic abdominal injury, which becomes the subject of a medicolegal investigation by prolonged treatment period, sequelae, and death.
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