The retrospective documentation of legal cases with XXXX that were submitted for consideration to   stanbul Forensic Medicine Institute by the courts between 2008-2012.

@entity1 @entity1157 @entity2963 @entity3116 @entity130
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to evaluate the parameters that were considered by Forensic Medicine in @entity1157 as well as the issues that the physicians were found to be faulty. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The following parameters were investigated in 21 files that were referred to Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institute with request of expert opinion between 2008-2012; expert decisions, @entity1 's age, gender, written @entity1 consent, diagnosis, type of first surgery, surgical complications, timing of complication diagnosis within the scope of complication management, @entity1 's referral timing, troubleshooting procedures and mortality rate. RESULTS: Physicians were found to be faulty in all files. The reason for physician fault was failure to show the necessary professional care and attention in one (4.7%) file, late recognition of @entity130 @entity1 in 20 (95.3%) files. Written consent had not been obtained in any of the files. Thirteen @entity1 were female (61.9%) and 8 (30.1%) were male, with a mean age of 43.3 years. Nineteen @entity1 had @entity2963 (90.4%), and two @entity1 (9.5%) had a mass in the head of the pancreas. Cholecystectomy was performed laparoscopically in 15 @entity1 (78.9%), and with open surgery in 4 @entity1 (21.1%). The Whipple procedure was performed in two @entity1 . The diagnosis was made during the operation in one @entity1 (4.7%), and in the post-operative period in 20 @entity1 (95.3%). The time to diagnosis after surgery was between 3-6 days. All of the @entity1 had been referred to third level health care facilities. The timing of transfer was 1 day in the @entity1 who was diagnosed during the operation, and ranged between 4-10 days in those who were diagnosed postoperatively. Reasons for late referral were delays related to pending test results in 12 @entity1 , vague signs in 3 @entity1 , and following-up @entity1 with the thought that the @entity3116 will heal by itself in 5 @entity1 . Mortality was not observed in any of the examined files. CONCLUSION: The issues where physicians were most frequently found to be faulty were failure to obtain written @entity1 consent, late recognition of @entity130 @entity1 .
