As well as total hip and knee joint replacements, less common smaller prostheses are now possible, including replacement elbow and ankle joints. Whatever kind of joint replacement you have had, Blake Lapthorn solicitors can advise you if medical negligence and consequent injury has occurred.

Our Clinical Negligence team acknowledge that some complications in medical treatment do occur, but it can be particularly devastating when joint replacement surgery fails because it is complicated by:

• prosthetic failure
• infection of the prosthesis
• injury to adjacent structures
  

Often these complications can lead to further multiple operations and significant impairment, disability, or even amputation.

There are some complications about which a patient should be properly warned so it is important to establish whether you were alerted to the potential risk when giving consent. Even when recognised complications arise, they are sometimes dealt with negligently, and give rise to a compensation claim. Our experience includes cases where:

• the surgical technique of inserting the prosthesis was inadequate
• infection occurred but was not identified, or was not treated within a reasonable time
• infection was not treated sufficiently aggressively
• injury occurred to other structures, such as an artery, leading to a disastrous outcome
  

Injuries affecting mobility give rise to substantial levels of damages because they affect so many aspects of patient’s lives. We pursue compensation for your pain and suffering, and your financial losses including expenses, care, therapies, further medical treatment, personal mobility, transport, appropriate accommodation and loss of earnings.

Contact the Clinical Negligence team

Telephone us on 0844 620 6200
Email us at blclaims@bllaw.co.uk