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This study aimed to analyze all complaints relating to fatal surgical or other procedure\u2010related errors in Finland during 2006\u20132010.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In total, 126 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Details of patient care and decisions made by the PIC were reviewed, and the total national number of surgical procedures for the study period was obtained from the National Hospital Discharge Registry.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of the 94 patients who underwent surgery, most fatal surgical complications involved orthopedic or gastrointestinal surgery. Non\u2010surgical procedures with fatal complications included deliveries (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 10), upper gastrointestinal endoscopy or nasogastric tube insertion (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 8), suprapubic catheter insertion (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 4), lower intestinal endoscopy (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 5), coronary angiogram (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 1), pacemaker fitting (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 1), percutaneous drainage of a hepatic abscess (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 1), and chest tube insertion (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 2). In 42 (33.3 %) cases, patient injury resulted from errors made during the procedure, including 24 technical errors and 15 errors of judgment. There were 19 (15.2 %) cases of inappropriate pre\u2010operative assessment, 28 (22.4 %) errors made in postoperative follow\u2010up, 23 (18.4 %) cases of fatal infection, and 11 (8.8 %) fatal complications not linked to treatment errors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fatal surgical and procedure\u2010related complications are rare in Finland. 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