1Assistant Professor, Dept of FMT, Government Medical College, Satara
2Assistant Professor, Dept of FMT, Government Medical College, Satara
3Assistant Professor, Dept of FMT, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai
4Professor, Dept of FMT, Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Government Medical College, Baramati, Dist. Pune
5Professor, Dept of FMT, Government Medical College, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra
6Junior resident, Dept of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra
*Corresponding Author Dr Manoj B. Patekar Assistant Professor, Dept of FMT, Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar, Government Medical College, Baramati, Dist. Pune, Email: drmanojpatekar@gmail.com
Online published on 19 March, 2025.
Surgical negligence is a term often used to describe situations in which a doctor or other healthcare professional fails to meet the standard of care required during surgery, thus resulting in injury. It is an umbrella term that covers many different types of errors such as misdiagnosis, wrong procedure, lack of postoperative monitoring. Surgical malpractice can be devastating for patients who may suffer physical harm but also emotional trauma or even death. In this paper we present two postmortem reports from cases where there was an accusation against medical practitioners for being negligent after carrying out operations on their clients. Our main objective with this case report analysis is to emphasize the need for proper surgical skills execution and care to avoid making mistakes that would lead to allegations of negligence.
Negligence, Surgical errors, Skill, Autopsy
