Malpractice claims for endoscopy

Table 2 Endoscopy claims by specialty against all providers according to procedure, ranked according to total claims payment to plaintiffs (1985-2008) (n = 1901)

Procedure	Closed claims	Total paid claims	Total claim payments ($)	Mean claim payments ($)
Colonoscopy	788	216	54 093 000	250 430.56
Flexible sigmoidoscopy	513	182	28 674 000	157 549.45
ERCP	217	67	25 207 000	376 223.88
Rigid proctoscopy	125	51	15 726 000	308 352.94
EGD	209	47	9 666 000	205 659.57
PEG	49	7	2 598 000	371 142.86
Internal medicine	766	-	70 730 101	261 963
Gastroenterology	562	-	30 841 008	250 740
General surgery	231	-	13 305 060	187 395
General/family practice	101	-	7 288 674	186 889
Colorectal surgery	87	-	6 593 000	286 652
Other specialties	154	-	7 206 157	163 776

ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EGD: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; PEG: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.