Report of gossypiboma from the standpoint in medicine and law

被引：15

作者：

Shyung, Li-Rung ^{[1
]}

Chang, Wen-Hsiung ^{[1
]}

Lin, Shee-Chan ^{[1
]}

Shih, Shou-Chuan ^{[1
]}

Kao, Chin-Roa ^{[1
]}

Chou, Sun-Yen ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Mackay Mem Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Div Gastroenterol, Mackay Jr Coll Nursing, Taipei 104, Taiwan

来源：

WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY | 2005年 / 11卷 / 08期

关键词：

Gossypiboma; Loss-of-chance; Preponderance;

D O I：

10.3748/wjg.v11.i8.1248

中图分类号：

R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We report on a case of gossypiboma. A 78-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with acute abdomen. He had undergone an operation for colon cancer 4 mo previously. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed an echogenic lesion with a hypoechoic rim and strong posterior acoustic shadowing in the lower abdomen. Diagnosis of gossypiboma can be made by ultrasonography to avoid loss-of-chance of survival. We reviewed the English literature briefly of gossypiboma from the medical and juridical view. According to the theory of loss-of-chance, the damage of plaintiff is the loss of the chance of survival or recovery, rather than the final harm. The victim would allow recovery for the loss of the chance from the defendant. But the plaintiff would show by a preponderance that he was deprived of a betterchance of a cure. Under the proposed rule, the compensable value of the victim would be the plaintiff's compensation for the loss of the victim's chance of survival. (C) 2005 The WJG Press and Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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页码：1248 / 1249

页数：2