Why the study?
Societies and Councils universally classify post-procedural events related to procedures as complications, motivating the introduction of the term consequence for expected, unavoidable adverse events occurring despite correct technical execution.
Introducing the term 'consequence' in interventional radiology may help distinguish unavoidable, expected adverse events from true complications or errors.
Proposing "consequence" for unavoidable post-procedural events may refine classification; leaves open validation before guideline adoption.
The aim of the article is to introduce a new term in post-procedural events related to the procedure itself. All the Societies and Councils report these events as complications and they are divided in mild, moderate and severe or immediate and delayed.On the other hand the term error is known as the application of a wrong plan, or strategy to achieve a goal.For the first time, we are trying to introduce the term "consequence"; assuming that the procedure is the only available and the best fit to clinical indication, a consequence should be seen as an expected and unavoidable occurrence of an "adverse event" despite correct technical execution.
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