Citation

Hussain SA, Latif AB, Choudhary AA. Br. J. Surg. 1988; 75(4): 314-316.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Abha Branch, Saudi Arabia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3359143

Abstract

A survey was conducted with the participation of eight consultant general surgeons, two consultant urologists, four consultant orthopaedic surgeons and four surgical residents to find the incidence of accidental injuries to surgeons and their assistants during operations. Of the total of 2016 operations over a one year period there were 112 reported accidental injuries. These included 107 needle stick injuries, 4 knife cuts and 1 diathermy burn. We found that accidental injuries to surgeons during operations were inevitable.

Language: en