Wrong-site Surgery (Noun)
Meaning
A surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The patient suffered serious injury due to a wrong-site surgery when the doctor mistakenly operated on the wrong leg.
- A report from the medical board identified several instances of wrong-site surgery in the past year at the local hospital.
- Wrong-site surgery can result in devastating consequences, including amputation of the wrong limb.
- A nurse is responsible for verifying the correct surgical site before the operation to prevent wrong-site surgery.
- According to medical records, the patient was supposed to undergo an appendectomy but instead underwent wrong-site surgery and had her tonsils removed.