50% of spine surgeons have performed a “wrong site” surgery

WRONG SITE SURGERY HIGHEST AMONG SPINE SURGEONS?  (Orthopedics This Week)
Joseph Bosco, III, M.D. is vice chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at The New York University Langone Hospital for Joint Diseases. Dr. Bosco, who is also director for the Center for Quality and Patient Safety, walks the halls with prevention in mind.
Dr. Bosco and his colleagues recently published an article on wrong-site surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He told OTW, “We can’t assume that the problem has disappeared because we have instituted the Sign Your Site program. Our most recent data sh...


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