28th March 2022 – Our client, a 21-year-old woman from Ashford, had previously brought a claim (via her mother as litigation friend) arising out of a failure to diagnose congenital hip dysplasia shortly after her birth. Continue reading this article
Category Archives: Claim – Orthopaedic injuries/fractures Medical Negligence
£77,500 Recovered for Failure to Provide Prophylactic Antibiotics
28th July 2021 – Our client, a 47-year-old man from Newcastle, was suffering with a right middle trigger finger and was referred to the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust where he underwent surgery in July 2015.Continue reading this article
Delayed Diagnosis of Achilles Tendon Rupture – case settles for £12,000
28th May 2021 – Our client, a 48-year-old man from Kent, suffered an Achilles tendon rupture on 27.05.19.Continue reading this article
£167,500 for Substandard Orthopaedic Surgery to Remove Exostoses
8th Nov 2018 – Our Client, Ms S, from Ashford, Kent came to see us following surgery to remove exostoses (a protuberance of bone) in her right leg in September 2013.Continue reading this article
£20,000 for delayed diagnosis and treatment of Achilles tendon rupture
Our client, a 37 year old woman from Herne Bay, Kent, suffered an injury to her left ankle whilst playing netball on 06.07.2014. Her left foot was immediately painful and she found that she could not weight bear.Continue reading this article
£400,000 for surgeon’s failure to remove metal work in hip
Our client, Mrs D, from Wiltshire suffered a hip fracture in 2002. Subsequently she had problems during her second pregnancy and decided to have the metal work removed before she had more children. In order to expedite the surgery, the treating surgeon at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust referred Mrs D to a locum orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Sampalli, who performed surgery in March 2011 with only partial success. Continue reading this article
£160,000 recovered for negligent ankle surgery
Our client, a 78 year old man from Dover, Kent, suffered a fracture to his right ankle and attended the Buckland Hospital, Dover in October 2010 where he was x-rayed before being referred to the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford where he was initially treated conservatively.Continue reading this article
£25,000 recovered for superior gluteal nerve injury
Our client, a 47 year old woman from Herne Bay, Kent, suffered a gluteal nerve injury during a total hip replacement (THR), performed by Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Southgate on 23.06.12.Continue reading this article
£50,000 recovered for sciatic nerve injury
Our client, a 62 year old woman from Hove, East Sussex, suffered a sciatic nerve injury during a total hip replacement (THR) performed by orthopaedic surgeon Mr Pattison on 07.03.11.Continue reading this article
£7,500 recovered for abandoned operation
Our client, a 22 year old man from Herne Bay, Kent, suffered injuries to both arms in an accident at a BMX event in 2010.
He was initially treated appropriately, with a fracture to his right arm being treated with surgery to insert a tension band wire and pins to hold the fracture in place.Continue reading this article