The November 2020 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus Examines Medicolegal Issues in Neurosurgery
Charlottesville, VA (November 1, 2020). The November issue of Neurosurgical Focus (Vol. 49, No. 5 [https://thejns.org/focus/view/journals/neurosurg-focus/49/5/neurosurg-focus.49.issue-5.xml]) looks at medicolegal issues in neurosurgery.
Topic Editors: Bharat Guthikonda, Catherine A. Mazzola, Michael P. Steinmetz, Joseph S. Cheng, Jason D. Stacy, Asdrubal Falavigna, and Richard N. W. Wohns
According to this month’s topic editors, “nearly all neurosurgeons will be affected by the medicolegal process at some point in their career.” However, many neurosurgeons are not well prepared for this possibility. The subject matter is not usually part of their training. This month’s issue of Neurosurgical Focus seeks to change that by improving neurosurgeons’ understanding of the medicolegal climate in their field.
From the topic editors:
“This edition [of Neurosurgical Focus] has been organized with sections describing general medicolegal overview, the international medicolegal milieu, medicolegal issues in spinal neurosurgery, and cranial neurosurgical medicolegal issues. We encourage all of you to read these articles and discuss their content locally in your residency training programs, in your hospitals, and at your state society meetings. We hope that by reading these papers, we are able to provide relevant and informative content that is useful for all neurosurgeons, at all stages of their careers.”
The following articles can be found in the November issue:
- “Introduction. The importance of understanding the medicolegal climate in neurosurgery” by Bharat Guthikonda et al.
- “Overview of medical malpractice in neurosurgery” by Collin J. Larkin et al.
- “Experiences of neurological surgeons with malpractice lawsuits” by Pravesh S. Gadjradj et al.
- “Editorial. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” by Richard N. W. Wohns
- “Status of current medicolegal reform in the United States: a neurosurgical perspective” by Devon LeFever et al.
- “Informed consent in neurosurgery: a systematic review” by Nathan A. Shlobin et al.
- “The changing landscape of military medical malpractice: from the Feres Doctrine to present” by Callum D. Dewar et al.
- “Examining the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act: impact on telemedicine for neurotrauma” by Sanjit Shah et al.
- “Disciplinary law and neurosurgery: a 10-year analysis of cases in the Netherlands” by Wouter J. Dronkers et al.
- “Perceptions of Indian neurosurgeons about medicolegal issues and malpractice suits” by Kanwaljeet Garg et al.
- “Litigations following spinal neurosurgery in France: ‘out-of-court system,’ therapeutic hazard, and welfare state” by Bertrand Debono et al.
- “Editorial. Out-of-court system: a fair fast track to savings of time and money” by Sandeep Kandregula and Bharat Guthikonda
- “Malpractice and socioeconomic aspects in neurosurgery: a developing-country reality” by Leonardo J. M. de Macêdo Filho et al.
- “The ethical and legal status of neurosurgical guidelines: the neurosurgeon’s golden fleece or Achilles’ heel?” by Ishaan Ashwini Tewarie et al.
- “Sovereign immunity and its implications for neurosurgery” by Rimal H. Dossani et al.
- “Medical malpractice in spine surgery: a review” by Zachary A. Medress et al.
- “Litigation risks despite guideline adherence for acute spinal cord injury: time is spine” by Daniel Rafter et al.
- “Does state malpractice environment affect outcomes following spinal fusions? A robust statistical and machine learning analysis of 549,775 discharges following spinal fusion surgery in the United States” by Andrew K. Chan et al.
- “Damned if you monitor, damned if you don’t: medical malpractice and intraoperative neuromonitoring for spinal surgery” by Jeffrey Hatef et al.
- “The medicolegal impact of misplaced pedicle and lateral mass screws on spine surgery in the United States” by Eric W. Sankey et al.
- “Determinants of brain tumor malpractice litigation outcome and indemnity payments: a 29-year nationwide analysis” by Oliver Y. Tang et al.
- “Medical malpractice and meningiomas: an analysis of 47 cases” by Andre E. Boyke et al.
- “Medicolegal issues in abusive head trauma for the pediatric neurosurgeon” by David I. Bass et al.
Please join us in reading the November issue of Neurosurgical Focus and increase your understanding of the medicolegal climate in neurosurgery.
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For additional information, please contact Ms. Jo Ann M. Eliason, Communications Manager, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group, One Morton Drive, Suite 200, Charlottesville, VA 22903; Email: joanneliason@thejns.org Phone 434-982-1209.
Neurosurgical Focus, an online-only, monthly, peer-reviewed journal, covers a different neurosurgery-related topic in depth each month and is available free to all readers at http://www.thejns.org. Enhanced by color images and video clips, each issue constitutes a state-of-the-art “textbook chapter” in the field of neurosurgery. Neurosurgical Focus is one of five journals published by the JNS Publishing Group, the scholarly journal division of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Other peer-reviewed journals published by the JNS Publishing Group each month include the Journal of Neurosurgery, the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, and Neurosurgical Focus: Video. All five journals can be accessed at www.thejns.org.
Founded in 1931 as the Harvey Cushing Society, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is a scientific and educational association with more than 10,000 members worldwide. The AANS is dedicated to advancing the specialty of neurological surgery in order to provide the highest quality of neurosurgical care to the public. All active members of the AANS are certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Neurosurgery) of Canada, or the Mexican Council of Neurological Surgery, AC. Neurological surgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders that affect the entire nervous system including the brain, spinal column, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. For more information, visit www.AANS.org.
