Medical malpractice in uveitis: a review of clinical entities and outcomes
1 August 2018
| Nikolaos D Georgakarakos
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Acute retinal necrosis, litigation, malpractice, uveitis
This paper presents a retrospective review of malpractice verdicts, rulings and settlements in the United States. Twenty-five cases of uveitis-related litigation spanning 1971-2014 were identified from the database representing 2.3% of all cases. Forty-eight percent of the cases were infectious....