TY  - JOUR
T1  - Ghost Surgery: The Ethical and Legal Implications of Who Does the Operation
AU  - Kocher, Mininder S.
Y1  - 2002/01/01
N1  - 
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 148
EP  - 150
VL  - 84
IS  - 1
N2  - Case 1: A patient who is rehospitalized for complications
after shoulder arthroscopy discovers that his surgeon’s partner
performed the operation. The orthopaedists contend that they practice as
a "team," deciding who does the specific case
just prior to the operation1.Case 2: Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy is performed by a resident.
The attending orthopaedist scrubs briefly and then leaves to perform
a simultaneous procedure in another room. The patient has a postoperative
complication2.Case 3: Carpal tunnel release is performed by a resident, under
the supervision of an attending orthopaedist who has been present
for the entire case and who has introduced the resident as his assistant
in the informed-consent process. The median nerve is injured by
the resident3.
SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -