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Jury Verdict Research Medical Malpractice Verdict and Settlement Study Released: Median Med Mal Jury Award Jumps 43%, But Med Mal Plaintiffs Lose More Than 60% of the Time in Jury Trials.
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March 22, 2002
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HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2002
Jury awards in medical malpractice claims jumped 43% in one year -- from $700,000 in 1999 to $1 million in 2000.
But plaintiffs lost the majority of their cases that went to a jury in 2000, according to Jury Verdict Research's(R) report, Medical Malpractice: Verdicts, Settlements and Statistical Analysis.
National Jury-Award Median in Medical Malpractice Cases
Year Median Award
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Irrigation-coupled bipolar cautery unit: A practical, economical, and simple version
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
; ...achieve it in modern surgical era. Thermal changes induced due to cautery result in charring of tissue that then adheres to the cautery tip. This reduces the effectiveness of the cautery tip and due to avulsion, may cause more trauma and rebleeding...
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Use of cautery improves vasectomy outcomes.
Newspaper article from: OBGYN & Reproduction Week
; ...results can be improved by the use of cautery, researchers report. Vasectomy procedures that included cautery significantly reduced vasectomy failure...In the comparative analysis, use of cautery was associated with a significantly quicker...
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Bipolar cautery forceps: An economical version
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
; Introduction Bipolar cautery is an indispensable instrument not only...other branches of surgery. Good bipolar cautery forceps are quite costly and get electrical...cases when there are only one or two cautery forceps. Materials and Methods Condemned...
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Treatment of mycotic sloughing corneal ulcer by actual cautery-a review of 110 cases.(Original Article)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
; ...was produced by 4% Lignocaine. Actual Cautery : The slough was thoroughly dried with the help of cotton wool wicks. Actual cautery was performed by touching the head of...injure the healthy corneal tissue by the cautery head. Atropine oint. and Sulpha oint...
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Utility of MIB-1 (Ki-67) in Evaluating Diminutive Colorectal Polyps With Cautery Artifact
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
; ...is often problematic as a result of cautery artifact. Objective.-To evaluated...diagnosis of diminutive colorectal polyps with cautery artifact, as adenomatous and nonadenomatous...diminutive colorectal polyps with extensive cautery artifact displaying at least the upper...
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High-temperature cauteries.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Newspaper article from: Surgical Products
; Hotsy[R] Cauteries are battery-operated...held, high-temperature cautery line offers physicians...a loop tip. These two cauteries are designed for surface...fewer flashes than regular cauteries and is economically priced...
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Arizona Inventors Develop Electrical Cautery-Oxygen Safety Device
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Phoenix, have developed an electrical cautery-oxygen safety device. According to...instrumentalities (such as an electrical cautery device) capable of igniting a fire in...containing alcohol. Removal of, e.g., the cautery device is sensed by a sensor to disable...
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Small-size cautery.("flash 'n trash" Hotsy Totsy cautery from Shippert Medical Technologies)
Magazine article from: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
; ...designed a special-use cautery for minor cases, where a full-size cautery is not needed. This unique...trash" Hotsy Totsy [TM] cautery, is well suited for lacerations...expensive than conventional cauteries. The Hotsy Totsy comes in...
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Disposable cauteries.(Hand Held Instrumentation)
Newspaper article from: Surgical Products
; ...held, high-temperature cautery line offers physicians two...different procedures. All Hotsy cauteries are disposable and packaged sterile for immediate use. The cauteries are battery operated, reach...subungual hematomas. All Hotsy cauteries have a four year shelf life...
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Virginia Inventor Develops Beveled Tonsil Suction Cautery Dissector
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...the invention relates to a "suction cautery dissector comprising a handle assembly...a substantially co-planar, enclosed cautery surface with a beveled leading edge sharpened...released by the Patent Office, said: "The cautery surface provides an opening formed therein...
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