Schlund G H
Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd. 1984 Nov;44(11):758-9. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1036515.
The Federal German High Court (Bundesgerichtshof) ruled on 28 February 1984 (File No. VI ZR 70/82) that it would never be possible to completely exclude the possibility of an injury to adjacent organs in case of abdominal hysterectomy even with all due care. Hence, injury to the ureter during such surgery could not be considered as a case of malpractice. However, the physician, as now ruled by the said Court, is obliged to inform his patient beforehand of the possible risk of an injury to the ureter. This does not necessarily imply to list all possible risks in all possible variants. It will be sufficient to give the patient a general idea, even though in rough outlines, of the severity of the impending surgical intervention and of the complications possibly and specifically connected with this particular operation.
1984年2月28日，联邦德国高等法院（联邦法院）做出裁决（案号：VI ZR 70/82），即便是在手术中尽到了所有应有的谨慎，在进行腹部子宫切除手术时也永远不可能完全排除对邻近器官造成损伤的可能性。因此，在此类手术中输尿管受损不能被视为医疗事故。然而，正如上述法院目前所裁定的，医生有义务提前告知患者输尿管受损的可能风险。这并不一定意味着要列出所有可能的风险及其所有可能的变体。即使只是大致地让患者了解即将进行的手术干预的严重程度以及与该特定手术可能具体相关的并发症，也就足够了。
