Error: In everyday language, error is getting things wrong, usually in relation to aims and purposes [67]. There is a different technical use of the term error in statistics [27]. For statisticians, error means differences in repeated measurements. These measurement differences arise from either random variation or bias. Random variation causes inconsistent differences between measurements; bia...

Professionalism requires that doctors acknowledge their errors and figure out how to avoid making similar ones in the future. Over the last few decades, doctors have gotten better at acknowledging mistakes and apologizing to patients when a mistake happens. Such disclosure is especially complicated when one becomes aware of an error made by a colleague. We present a case in which consultant sur...

INTRODUCTION The low anterior rectal resection and double stapling technique are well-established surgical procedures with well-known pitfalls, potential complications, and preventive measures. Colovaginal anastomosis is a surgical error which should not occur. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 39-year old woman underwent low anterior resection with double stapling technique, for rectal carcinoma in the...