<h1>Hospital chief's claim of 900 pediatric laparoscopic pyeloplasties with 97-98% success raises verification, consent, privacy, liability concerns</h1> A hospital announced that its chief of pediatric surgery has performed a claimed 900 laparoscopic pyeloplasties in children, asserting a 97-98% success rate and positioning the treatment as safe even for infants. Legally relevant issues include verification of the record and outcome statistics for advertising and regulatory compliance, adequacy of informed consent for infant procedures, data privacy and accuracy when reporting clinical outcomes, potential liability for adverse events despite high success rates, and the need to disclose limitations of the press-release data when presenting findings at professional conferences.