Vulnerability and Resilience in Chronic Pain
Pain is the body’s warning system: it tells us that we have sustained an injury and need to heal. In most people, pain is a transient phenomenon, lasting only until the healing process is complete.…
Read more Medicolegal Cases in the Digital Age
Until recently, evidence in medicolegal cases was collected from physical sources, such as patients’ medical histories, witness statements and expert witnesses. Technological advances mean that other sources of evidence, including social media, CCTV monitoring and…
Categories : Articles, Defence, Medicolegal reports, Pain, Plastic Surgery, Spinal surgery, Trauma and orthopaedics
Read more Face-to-face consultations available
Most of our experts are now available for face-to-face consultations at their usual clinics, as well as still offering video consultations. They will be following Covid-19 guidelines for face-to-face consultations. Please get in touch if…
Categories : Clinics, Intensive care, News, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pain, Plastic Surgery, Spinal surgery, Trauma and orthopaedics, Updates
Read more Medical negligence in wisdom tooth or dental implant surgery
Mr Zaid Sadiq, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, discusses the complications and challenges associated with wisdom tooth and dental implant surgery. Problems with the third molars, or wisdom teeth, are extremely common. Often, there is…
Read more Obtaining Informed Consent in Orthopaedic Trauma in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Obtaining informed consent from patients has always been a crucial and necessary procedure before surgery is performed. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered care pathways and introduced new elements into the consent procedure. It…
Categories : Articles, Trauma and orthopaedics
Read more The Medicolegal Implications of Informed Consent in Plastic Surgery Claims
Consent is a process that protects one of the primary tenets of ethics, autonomy – the right to choose what happens to oneself. It enshrines the concept that a patient has a right to make…
Categories : Articles, Plastic Surgery
Read more Venous Thromboembolism in Complex Trauma: A Medicolegal Perspective
Thromboembolism occurs when a blood clot, or thrombus, forms in a vein. This happens most commonly in the deep veins of the legs or pelvis, and is known as a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Once formed,…
Categories : Articles, Trauma and orthopaedics
Read more The Medicolegal Challenges of Orthognathic or Temporomandibular Surgery
Orthognathic surgery, or corrective jaw surgery, is used to treat skeletal deformities of the face that cause misalignment of the jaws and/or teeth as well as treating sleep apnoea patients . These conditions, which cannot be treated with conventional orthodontic procedures, include protrusion…
Read more All our expert witnesses available via video consultation
In line with the new government guidelines in respect of COVID-19 and with no clear understanding of how long it will take for life to get fully back to normal, we are keen to ensure…
Read more Cauda Equina: Medicolegal Challenges Relating to Imaging and Neuroradiology
Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a rare condition, diagnosed in <1% of patients presenting to an emergency department with back pain, in which the nerves at the base of the spine become compressed, potentially leading…
Categories : Articles, Neuroradiology
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