Glossary of Common Traumatic Injuries
The following is a list of injuries and complications that have frequently resulted in litigation:
Amputated finger
Bad baby
Bariatric surgery
Birth injury
Blindness
Blown disc
Botched circumcision
Botched circumcision
Botox injury
Bowel perforation
Brain damage
Brain injury
Breast cancer
Broken ankle
Broken arm
Broken coccyx
Broken crown
Broken elbow
Broken femoral head
Broken femur
Broken fibula
Broken finger
Broken foot
Broken hamstring
Broken hand
Broken hip
Broken humerus
Broken jaw
Broken leg
Broken neck
Broken nose
Broken patella
Broken pelvis
Broken quadriceps
Broken radius
Broken ribs
Broken scapula
Broken shoulder
Broken skull
Broken spine
Broken teeth
Broken tibia
Broken wrist
Bulging disc
Burn injury
Burns
Cervical injury
Cervical spine injury
Cervical sprain
Cervical strain
Chemical burns
Compression neuropathy
Deafness
Delayed Caesarian section
Delayed C-section
Dental negligence
Ear injury
Facial nerve injury
Facial scarring
Failure to diagnose bladder obstruction
Failure to diagnose breast cancer
Failure to diagnose cancer
Failure to diagnose a cancerous tumor
Failure to diagnose cervical cancer
Failure to diagnose colon cancer
Failure to diagnose endocarditis
Failure to diagnose fetal distress
Failure to diagnose lung cancer
Failure to diagnose malignant melanoma
Failure to diagnose a malignant tumor
Failure to diagnose melanoma
Failure to diagnose ovarian cancer
Failure to diagnose prostate cancer
Failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism
Failure to monitor patient
Failure to obtain informed consent
Failure to perform a cesarean section
Failure to perform c-section
Failure to perform a timely caesarian section
Failure to perform timely C-section
Fetal injury
First degree burns
Foreign body
Fourth-degree burns
Fractured ankle
Fractured arm
Fractured coccyx
Fractured elbow
Fractured femoral head
Fractured femur
Fractured fibula
Fractured finger
Fractured foot
Fractured globe
Fractured hamstring
Fractured hand
Fractured humerus
Fractured jaw
Fractured leg
Fractured neck
Fractured nose
Fractured patella
Fractured pelvis
Fractured quadriceps
Fractured radius
Fractured ribs
Fractured Scapula
Fractured skull
Fractured spine
Fractured teeth
Fractured tibia
Fractured wrist
Fractures
Fusion
Gastric bypass surgery
Head injury
Herniated disc
Hip fracture
Hypospadias
Infection
Injuries caused by broken glass
Knee injury
Lacerations
Lack of informed consent
Laminectomy
Lasik injury
Loss of pregnancy
Lost eye
Lower back injury
Lumbar spine injury
Lumbar sprain
Lumbar strain
Medical malpractice — improper medication
Medication overdose by a doctor
Medication overdose by the hospital pharmacist
Negligent anesthesiologist
Negligent botox administration
Negligent circumcision
Negligent circumcision
Negligent delivery
Negligent lasik
Negligent pharmacist
Negligent pharmacy
Negligent plastic surgery
Nerve damage
Nursing home negligence
Perforated bowel
Perforated colon
Perforated sinus
Podiatric negligence
Prescription drug overdose
Psychiatric negligence
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Retained foreign body
Rotator cuff repair
Roux-en-y
RSD
Ruptured Achilles heel
Ruptured disc
Scarring
Second-degree burns
Severed nerve
Severed tendon
Shoulder fracture
Spinal cord fusion
Spinal fusion
Spinal hematoma
Spiral fracture
Staph infection
Stomach stapling
Surgical error
Temporomandibular joint
Third-degree burns
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
TMJ
TMJ injury
Torn Achilles heel
Torn ACL
Torn anterior cruciate ligament
Torn ligaments
Torn medial meniscus
Torn posterior cruciate ligament
Torn rotator cuff
Torn tendon
Wrongful birth
Wrongful death
Wrongful life
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