Joint Replacement Errors and When to Make a Claim
If you are struggling with the aftermath of negligent joint replacement surgery, contact Glynns Solicitors to discuss the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
Joint replacement surgery
Successful joint replacement surgery can be positively life-changing. An individual who has been dogged by pain and limited in activity for months or years can feel liberated by the return of their mobility and the reduction in pain.
Occasionally, however, this important form of surgery can go devastatingly wrong, leaving the patient suffering worse problems and a more severely reduced quality of life than before their surgery.
Negligence in joint replacement surgery
Where this is due to negligent medical care, it may be possible to make a claim for compensation for the impact of the negligence.
Medical negligence can affect the outcome from joint replacement surgery in a variety of ways including the following:
- Inadequate infection control, allowing the patient to develop a severe infection which can compromise the success of the joint replacement and undermine the patient's health
- A 'never event' such as incorrect use of a prosthesis or using the wrong prosthesis, causing the surgery to fail, causing the patient more pain and requiring the patient undergo further surgery
- Accidental damage to a nerve close to the site of surgery, causing the patient to suffer additional problems and, possibly, more severe disability
Claiming compensation for the impact of negligence
All of the above scenarios could cause a range of significant difficulties in an individual's life.
Contrary to regaining their mobility freedom, the patient may find that their movement is even more restricted and that they have become dependent on mobility aids such as a wheelchair. They may also now require some degree of personal care or help around the house.
They may struggle to work.
The financial consequences of a situation such as this can be considerable, especially if the patient suffers income losses as well as requiring some level of care.
These financial costs and losses would be included in a successful compensation claim insofar as they have been caused by medical negligence.
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Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with wide-ranging expertise in successful claims across a broad range of medical specialties including orthopaedic negligence.
Contact us today to talk to an experienced solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
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