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Surgical complications: disclosing adverse events and medical errors.
Wang AS, Eisen DB. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2013;68:144-146.

This commentary presents a scenario involving a possible retained surgical object and reviews how to disclose such an error to a patient.
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