Two questions I have been asked on more than one occasion – and very good questions they are! I first considered question number one as…
View More ‘Has your medicolegal experience affected the way you practice yourself? Why did you involve yourself in medico-legal practice?’Author: Richard_Montgomery
‘The Surgeon as an Expert Witness’
A publication of the RCS England, freely available on their website – here: https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/standards-and-research/standards-and-guidance/good-practice-guides/expert-witness/
View More ‘The Surgeon as an Expert Witness’A short CV for medico-legal purposes.
You will be asked to provide a CV, usually before you are instructed. This should start with your qualifications & medico-legal experience, and follow with…
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Hi. If you have come to the blog with a specific topic in mind, there is a search function over on the right hand side.…
View More Search functionUnderstanding your role as medical expert in Civil Litigation in the UK, Part 1.
The Expert’s Declaration, Part 35, the practice direction, and the Protocol for Instruction of Experts to give Evidence in Civil Claims. Sometimes it helps to…
View More Understanding your role as medical expert in Civil Litigation in the UK, Part 1.Functional outcomes of malleolar ankle fractures
2000, Egol, Dolan, & Koval. ‘Functional outcome of surgery for fracturesof the ankle. A prospective, randomised comparison of management in a cast or a functional…
View More Functional outcomes of malleolar ankle fracturesLess obvious risks after limb injury: osteopaenia after fracture (and in ventilated ITU patients)…
Bo E. R. Nilsson (1966) Post-Traumatic Osteopenia: A Quantitative Study of the Bone Mineral Mass in the Femur Following Fracture of the Tibia in Man…
View More Less obvious risks after limb injury: osteopaenia after fracture (and in ventilated ITU patients)…Post-Traumatic Arthritis of the Ankle: what can be done, and what is the outlook?
‘So, if my client does not respond to non-operative measures, what are the surgical options thereafter for post-traumatic arthritis of the ankle? What are the…
View More Post-Traumatic Arthritis of the Ankle: what can be done, and what is the outlook?Malleolar fractures. Who gets Post-Traumatic Arthritis (PTA) of the Ankle, and when?
How long does it take to develop PTA? This is an area where conventional wisdom has been challenged in recent years. It used to be…
View More Malleolar fractures. Who gets Post-Traumatic Arthritis (PTA) of the Ankle, and when?Does long bone malunion cause arthritis of adjacent joints?
I have heard it argued that if a tibial or femoral fracture does not involve the joints and heals straight, arthritis will not occur. Also…
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