Mr James Widnall

Mr James Widnall

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon

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james widnall

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon

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Mr Widnall accepts paediatric instructions for personal injury and clinical negligence cases for both claimant and defendant.

Mr James Widnall is a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool where he treats children in general paediatric orthopaedics as well as having clinical duties relating to both trauma practice and the elective setting.

Alder Hey is a major trauma centre for the North West and Mr Widnall has a large and varied trauma practice involving managing muscoloskeletal injuries and infection on an acute basis.

In his elective work Mr Widnall works with children with neuromuscular conditions (including cerebal palsy, spina bifida, CMT etc) and he has also an elective foot and ankle practice.

Mr Widnall has experience with gait analysis and is regularly involved in generating gait reports for the North West Movement Analysis Centre.

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He is available for claimant consultations in Liverpool

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Liverpool Trauma and Orthopaedics Weekly

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Outcomes following orthopaedic treatment for cerebral palsy and their medicolegal implications

by Mr James Widnall, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most frequent cause of childhood physical disability, occurring in around 2-3 of every 1000 births. The condition can be defined as one or more permanent disorders of movement or posture development due to non-progressive injury to the foetal or infant brain. Musculoskeletal abnormalities include contractures, torsion in long bones, spinal […]

Complications relating to foot and ankle surgery in children and the medicolegal implications

Mr. James Widnall explores the complexities and risks associated with foot and ankle surgery in children. While these procedures are often necessary to fix fractures or correct deformities, they carry a complication rate estimated between 4% and 11%.

Outcomes after foot and ankle injuries and their medicolegal implications

Ankle injuries are extremely frequent: sprains account for around 5% of all Emergency Department visits in the UK each year, while ankle fractures are one of the commonest fractures to require surgical intervention.