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