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Litigation After Bariatric Surgery

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Emergency Surgery in Obese Patients

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In the last 20 years, there has been an increase in claims after surgery worldwide. Due to the rise in bariatric surgery utilization, this increasing trend was also recorded in this surgical specialty. The available published data regarding lawsuits after bariatric surgery is summarized in this chapter. Even though claims are increasing, only around 20% of them are successful for plaintiffs. The most common reason for successful claims was a delay in the diagnosis/treatment of complications.

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  1. General, Mininvasive and Bariatric Surgery Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Ageing Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

    Ludovico Docimo & Salvatore Tolone

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  1. Department of Biomedical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Diego Foschi

  2. Department of Human Pathology of Adult and Evolutive Age, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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Docimo, L., Tolone, S. (2020). Litigation After Bariatric Surgery. In: Foschi, D., Navarra, G. (eds) Emergency Surgery in Obese Patients. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17305-0_26

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