Table 5. Nine performance error cases ruled by the court as due to physician’s negligence.

Performance error	Clinical outcome	Age, years	Trial outcome	Payment (USD†)
Unilateral RLN injury	VCP	42	Ruled in favor of plaintiff	102,999
Unilateral RLN injury	VCP	38	Ruled in favor of plaintiff	50,000
Bilateral RLN injury	VCP	48	Ruled in favor of plaintiff	80,492
Bilateral RLN injury	VCP	42	Settlement decision	22,727
Bilateral RLN injury	VCP	N/I	Ruled in favor of plaintiff	16,909
STA rupture	Death due to compressive neck hematoma	N/I	Settlement decision	40,909
ICA rupture	Death after cerebral infraction	N/I	Ruled in favor of plaintiff	26,364
CCA rupture	Transient ischemic attack	N/I	Ruled in favor of plaintiff	31,818
Sympathetic nerve injury	Horner’s syndrome	N/I	Ruled in favor of plaintiff	12,475

^†, USD: United States Dollar, the exchange rate was 1 USD =1.100 KRW. STA, superior thyroid artery; CCA, common carotid artery; ICA, internal carotid artery; VCP, vocal cord paralysis; N/I, no information.