| The medical term Orthopaedics refers to your | | | | someone should be held accountable. These |
| bones, muscles and joints and the doctors who | | | | errors can occur during the diagnosis, |
| work in this field will often handle patients | | | | treatment or prognosis of an illness as well |
| who have suffered bone fractures or need | | | | as being a combination of all three of these. |
| joint replacement or ligament surgery. | | | | |
| | | | If you feel that you have been mistreated and |
| Every year in the UK thousands of people are | | | | it has lead to you suffering as a result then |
| treated successfully for Orthopaedic health | | | | you could be entitled to make a claim for |
| problems; however some of the people treated | | | | compensation. Some of the most common reasons |
| do suffer mistakes at the hands of the people | | | | for an orthopedic medical negligence claim |
| who are there to help them. These mistakes | | | | are as follows: |
| are common and this type of medical | | | | |
| negligence is now two or three times more | | | | Â- Inaccurate or late diagnosis |
| likely to happen than any other medical | | | | |
| negligence claim. | | | | Â- Failure to take tests or |
| | | | misinterpretation of test results |
| The orthopaedics branch of medicine involves | | | | |
| the preservation and restoration of the | | | | Â- Poor treatment of fractures |
| musculoskeletal system and the surgeons | | | | |
| involved in this aspect of medicine have the | | | | Â- Poor operative technique |
| job of diagnosing your condition and treating | | | | |
| it using the appropriate method, which could | | | | Â- Damage to nerves or circulation during |
| be medicine, exercise or surgery. Finally a | | | | medical procedures |
| surgeon in the orthopaedics branch of | | | | |
| medicine will perform rehabilitation on a | | | | Â- Inadequate cleaning and dressing of |
| patient by recommending exercise or physical | | | | wounds or infection |
| therapy to restore movement. An orthopaedic | | | | |
| surgeon will also inform you of how to | | | | If you have suffered due to Orthopedic |
| prevent further injury by providing | | | | medical negligence in the last three years |
| information and treatment plans. | | | | then you could be entitled to make a claim |
| | | | for compensation. In order to be successful |
| Orthopaedic treatment can cover a huge range | | | | in a medical negligence claim you need to be |
| of personal injuries such as diagnosing a | | | | able to prove that the injury you are or were |
| broken arm to performing a hip replacement | | | | suffering from was caused due to a lapse in |
| operation. The main areas in which an | | | | the medical care that you received. To prove |
| orthopaedic surgeon will specialise include: | | | | this you would need to obtain statements from |
| the hand, shoulder and elbow surgery, joint | | | | any relevant family members or friends. Your |
| reconstruction, paediatric orthopaedics, foot | | | | medical records would need to be obtained and |
| and ankle surgery, spine surgery, | | | | this normally comes with a fee, which brings |
| musculoskeletal oncology, surgical sports | | | | me to my next point, any fees and cost |
| medicine, and orthopaedic trauma. | | | | encountered along the way will get paid back |
| | | | on top of damages in a successful |
| Within medicine accidents and mistakes do | | | | compensation claim. |
| happen and in most cases they are harmless. | | | | |
| Medical professionals are merely just human | | | | If you are hoping to make a claim for |
| and human error is often unavoidable but in | | | | compensation then contact a legal team today, |
| cases where an error should have been avoided | | | | who will be able to examine your case and |
| and there is no valid reason why it wasn't, | | | | explain where you stand legally. |