Wrong-side nephrectomy

Mike Bailey (Medical Director and consultant at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust) discusses the error chain that led to a patient's wrong kidney being removed, and the measures introduced following this incident. View the video below.

This accompanies the article 'Wrong-side/site surgery' by Ben Challacombe, Prokar Dasgupta, Peter Amoroso and Roger Kirby, which appeared in the September/October 2011 issue. Click here to view the article.

 

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