Table 3. Detailed summary of awarded cases to plaintiffs.
| No. | CRPS type | Trauma before medical practice | Medical practice | Nerve damage | Admitted violations of duty by judgment | Not admitted | Amount claimed (KRW) | Amount awarded (KRW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | No | Traction therapy of finger | No | Excessive external force during traction therapy | Not applicable | 244,589,316 | 64,808,175 |
| 2 | I | No | Repair for labrum tear and scapular glenoid fracture | No | Malpractice during surgery | Lack of informed consent | 274,043,818 | 113,225,658 |
| 3 | I | Laceration | Tenorrhaphy and neurorrhaphy for the second finger flexor digitorum profundus rupture | No | Diagnostic error | Not applicable | 296,251,405 | 28,485,000 |
| Malpractice about transferring patient to another hospital, lack of informed consent | ||||||||
| 4 | I | No | Total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis, meniscus resection for meniscus tear | No | Poor choice of treatment method, lack of informed consent | Not applicable | 233,674,249 | 95,152,190 |
| 5 | I | No | Total hip arthroplasty for femur head avascular necrosis, open reduction internal fixation for femur fracture | No | Performance error, malpractice in postoperative monitoring and treatment | Not applicable | 207,168,195 | 75,139,653 |
| 6 | I | No | Penile augmentation by autologous fat graft | No | Lack of informed consent | Malpractice during surgery | 114,000,000 | 20,000,000 |
| 7 | II | Traffic accident | Incisional bone biopsy of the humerus | Axillary nerve | Malpractice during biopsy | Error in choice of treatment method | 310,956,648 | 79,037,357 |
| 8 | II | No | Dorsal neurectomy | Dorsal nerve of the penis | Lack of informed consent for treatment method and generally possible side effect after surgery | Not performing of preoperative evaluation, poor choice of treatment method, improper postoperative treatment | 602,676,695 | 30,000,000 |
| 9 | II | Contusion | Arthroscopy under the spinal anesthesia for anterior cruciate ligament rupture | Superficial peroneal nerve, sural nerve | Negligence for nerve damage on spinal anesthesia, negligence for supervising physician as hospital manager | Not applicable | 68,682,815 | 26,938,702 |
| 10 | II | No | Anterior transposition of the ulnar nerve for cubital tunnel syndrome | Ulnar nerve | Negligence in nerve damage during surgery, lack of informed consent | Diagnostic error, poor choice of treatment method, malpractice in monitoring patient | 942,082,238 | 181,080,803 |
| 11 | II | No | Arthroscopic excision of the popliteal cyst and neurolysis | Tibial, peroneal nerve | Negligence during surgery | Poor choice of treatment method | 250,328,450 | 146,014,579 |
| 12 | II | No | Carpal tunnel release for carpal tunnel syndrome | Median nerve | Lack of informed consent | Performance error | 41,985,330 | 15,000,000 |
CRPS = complex regional pain syndrome.