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Table 5 The number and proportion of reasons determined by the court to lose the case in the collection of litigation cases of total knee arthroplasty

From: Litigation analysis of medical damage after total knee arthroplasty: a case study based on Chinese legal database in the past ten years

The court decided the reason for losing the case.

Number

Percentage

There are mistakes in the process of diagnosis and treatment.

74

67.3%

Pay no attention to it and fail to make timely diagnosis and treatment.

16

14.5%

The performance of the obligation to inform is not comprehensive or at fault.

12

10.9%

There is a defect in the case / the case is not written in time.

10

9.1%

Fault in preoperative risk assessment and risk avoidance

6

5.5%

The preoperative examination is not detailed and non-standard.

6

5.5%

Inaccurate grasp of surgical indications

5

4.5%

Insufficient postoperative rehabilitation guidance

4

3.6%

Missed diagnosis and missed treatment

3

2.7%

Tampering with and forging medical records

2

1.8%

The bar code of the prosthesis is lost.

1

0.9%

The scope of practice of economic doctors is not in line with the regulations.

1

0.9%

No preoperative measurement

1

0.9%