Joint Surgery Medical Failings and When to Claim Compensation
Competent joint surgery, whether to the hip, the shoulder or the knee, for example, is often crucial to the patient's effective mobility or physical manipulation and everyday functioning. Negligent surgery can be devastating and may justify a claim for compensation.
Issues of negligence in joint surgery
Joint problems can be not only extremely painful but also debilitating. Surgery to treat or replace the joint can offer the hope of a fresh start and the recovery of function. Generally-speaking this is the outcome which patients experience.
Occasionally, however, surgery to a joint goes wrong, leaving the patient facing worse problems than prior to their operation.
- The success of the procedure may be compromised by poor technique or the use of the incorrect implant, leaving the patient with greater disability
- An infection in the joint can undermine the surgery, necessitate further surgery and trigger life-threatening sepsis
- A nearby nerve or other structure may be damaged, causing additional problems
When to claim compensation
A patient is legally entitled to make a claim for compensation when medical negligence has adversely affected their long-term outcome. It is not sufficient for an act of negligence to have occurred. For a claim to be successful, it is necessary for the negligence to have caused the patient to suffer on-going problems which would not otherwise have been the case.
Note that a claim for compensation needs to be submitted to a court within three years of the date of the alleged negligence. Prior to this deadline, a thorough investigation into the quality of the patient's medical care needs to be carried out. If you suspect that you may have a claim, therefore, contact a specialist solicitor as soon as possible.
The first step
In the first instance, you should speak to a specialist medical negligence solicitor who will be able to investigate the quality of your medical care and identify if and where any negligence occurred.
Its impact on you, your long-term health and well-being and its financial impact on your life will be the focus of a further assessment, taking account of any loss of earnings caused by the negligence and any additional care, equipment or treatment costs.
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