Infant Boy\Intracranial Malignant Tumor\Surgery\Death

Summary

An 8-month-old boy with an intracranial malignant tumor died three months after surgery.

Treatment Record

Outcome of Treatment

Died three months after surgery

Outcome Analysis

Without surgery, the child might have lived longer. In cases like this, the trauma of surgery is not necessarily less lethal than the tumor itself.

Experience Discrepancy Index

Over-Treatment 5

Lack of Informed Consent 0

Outcome Misrepresentation 1

Financial Exploitation 3

Rehabilitation Neglect 0

Diagnostic Inaccuracy 1

Communication Breakdown 3

Procedural Complications 5

Lack of Accountability 3

Delayed Intervention 0

EDI 21

Audit Intervention

Our website advised the parents not to proceed with surgery and to take the child home instead. They did not accept the suggestion. The main reason was that they had no interest in looking through all the cases on our website.