AAOS has been working with the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery to reduce the number of medical errors made by orthopedic surgeons. Over a period of 12 years, the ABOS have collected more than one million orthopedic surgeries, and only 71 of them included wrong-site surgery, according to the report.
The AAOS suggests physicians join the “Sign Your Site” campaign to lower the risk of surgical errors in the operating room.
Read the AAOS release on orthopedic surgery errors.
Read other coverage on AAOS:
– AAOS Campaign Attracts Female Medical Students to Orthopedics
