Rouanne M, Lebret T
Service d'urologie, faculté de médecine Paris-Île-de France-Ouest, hôpital Foch, UVSQ, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France.
Prog Urol. 2012 Jan;22(1):67-9. doi: 10.1016/j.purol.2011.04.001. Epub 2011 May 17.
The Court of cassation is the highest court in the French judiciary. In a recent decision on June 3, 2010, the supreme jurisdiction quashed partially a court of appeal judgement. A patient developed erectile dysfunction following open prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The patient was not informed of this risk before the surgery. The judges recall that failure to provide information, including very exceptional risks, asserts in itself the physician's responsibility and allows financial reparation for patients. In accordance with this decision, a new jurisprudence in medical responsibility is born.
最高上诉法院是法国司法系统中的最高法院。在2010年6月3日最近的一项裁决中，最高司法机构部分撤销了一项上诉法院的判决。一名患者在因良性前列腺增生接受开放性前列腺切除术后出现勃起功能障碍。手术前，患者未被告知这一风险。法官们重申，未提供信息，包括非常特殊的风险，本身即认定医生负有责任，并允许对患者进行经济赔偿。根据这一裁决，一项关于医疗责任的新判例法诞生了。
