[Five Legal Pitfalls in Informing Patients About the Treatment Alternative "Ceasarean Sectio"].

As is well known, claims for damages in birth injury law can arise not only from treatment errors, but also from incorrect information provided to the pregnant woman. The accusation that the possibility of a C-section was not explained, not explained sufficiently, or not explained in time plays an important role here. The accusation is practically significant because it is very often raised in birth injury disputes and is not infrequently successful. In practice, the same information errors that can lead to liability occur time and again.