A colorectal surgeon is a physician that specializes in the medical field of surgery involving the colon and rectum. A colorectal surgeon, also known as a proctologist, specializes in treating diseases and conditions of the lower part of the gastrointestinal tract. When a colorectal surgeon's level of care, skill or treatment falls below the standard of care and inflicts serious injury or death to a patient, medical malpractice may have occurred. Unfortunately, even the best colorectal surgeons can commit errors and mistakes that may result in serious injuries or wrongful death.
Colorectal surgery malpractice may include:
- Delay in Diagnosis or Diagnostic Errors;
- Failure to Diagnose;
- Failure to Document Carefully;
- Failure to Document Clinical Findings;
- Failure to Obtain Informed Consent;
- Failure to Obtain Informed Refusal;
- Failure to Refer to Other Specialists;
- Failure to Supervise;
- Failure to Treat;
- Improper Performance;
- Medication Error;
- Misdiagnosis;
- Poor Follow-Up with Patients;
- Poor Patient Education;
- Standard of Care Violations;
- Surgery Performed on Wrong Body Part;
- Surgery Performed on Wrong Patient;
- Surgical Mistakes and Errors;
- Tools, Sponges, Clamps Left Inside Patients after Surgery.
Some of the conditions a colorectal surgeon might treat and diagnose include:
- Abscesses;
- Anal Incontinence;
- Anorectal Conditions;
- Bowel Cancer Treatment;
- Colon Cancer;
- Colonic Neoplasms;
- Colonoscopy;
- Colorectal Cancer;
- Constipation;
- Crohn's Disease;
- Diarrhea;
- Digestive Disorders;
- Diverticulitis;
- Endoscopic Polypectomy;
- Endoscopy of the Colon and Rectum;
- Familial Polyposis;
- Fissures;
- Fistulas;
- Hemorrhoids;
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD);
- Polyps;
- Rectal Prolapse;
- Rigid and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy;
- Ulcerative Colitis.
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