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a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral malpractices"
professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice"

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[Analysis of judicial sentences against neurosurgeons resolved in second court of justice in Spain in the period from 1995 to 2007].

Santiago-Sáez A, Perea-Pérez B, Labajo-González E, Albarrán-Juan ME, Barcia JA.SourceServicio de Medicina Legal, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid. asantiago.hcsc@salud.madrid.org
Neurocirugía (Asturias, Spain).Neurocirugia (Astur).2010 Feb;21(1):53-60.
OBJECTIVES: With the aim of identifying the factors related to sentences against neurosurgeons, we have analyzed all the sentences issued in the second court of justice in Spain against neurosurgeons in the period from 1995 to 2007.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Of a total of 1899 sentences of the second or
PMID 20186376

[Patient-marker of failure of post-operatory progress in dento-alveolar surgery].

Fanea R, Voroneanu M.SourceFacultatea de Medicină Dentari Apolloniă, Universitatea Petre Andrei Iaşi.
Revista medico-chirurgicală̆ a Societă̆ţ̜ii de Medici ş̧i Naturaliş̧ti din Iaş̧i.Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi.2008 Oct-Dec;112(4):1084-7.
Numerous studies have addressed the issue of postoperative development, and nonetheless remains an question still open: "Why only certain patients install "postoperatory disease". Another question that must take into consideration concerns the following issue: "Is the post-operative disease a natura
PMID 20209791

[Nerve injury during mandibular third molar surgery. The importance of preoperative diagnosis and surgical skill].

Zecha PJ, Stegenga B.SourceAfdeling Mondziekten, Kaakchirurgie en Bijzondere Tandheelkunde van het Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen. p.j.zecha@kchir.azg.nl
Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde.Ned Tijdschr Tandheelkd.2004 Jun;111(6):239-42.
A 26-year-old woman was referred by a dentist to an oral and maxillofacial surgeon after an unsuccessful attempt to remove a mandibular third molar. A panoramic radiograph showed the remaining root of the third molar and the patient suffered from insensitivity of the lower lip. The root of the third
PMID 15224444