Author(s)

Tang Weiyi ¹, Wang Daixin ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Forensic Appraisal Center of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha, 410005, China

Corresponding Author

Wang Daixin

ABSTRACT

Here, we report a case of medical malpractice for due to bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury caused by Ultrasound (US)-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in China. A patient presented with hoarseness due to bilateral RLN injury following RFA of the thyroid nodules. The appraisal of whether there was medical negligence or malpractice and the causal relationship between the medical treatment and the patient's bilateral RLN injury was entrusted to us by the court. Based on the patient's original medical history, ultrasound and endoscopic examination results, vocal cord dysfunction and informed consent, there was a causal relationship between the patient's RLN injury and the medical treatment, and the causative potency of the medical negligence was the main effect in the case. 

KEYWORDS

Medical Malpractice; Bilateral Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injuries; Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation; Thyroid Nodules; Forensic Appraisal Causative Potency; Informed Consent

CITE THIS PAPER

Tang Weiyi, Wang Daixin, Bilateral Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury after Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation: A Case Report of Medical Malpractice. MEDS Clinical Medicine (2024) Vol. 5: 127-132. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medsc.2024.050417.

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