Case studies

Our client had already had an ectopic pregnancy as a result of which she had lost one of her Fallopian tubes. She later attended a locum GP at her usual surgery, complaining of abdominal pain.

Our medical negligence solicitors acted on behalf of a young man who injured his wrist falling onto his out-stretched hand. He presented to A&E in pain; was x-rayed and told that there was no sign of a fracture. He was not told to come back if the pain continued.

Our client's wife died following surgery to remove her gall bladder in which the operating surgeon failed properly to identify her anatomy.

Our client underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy after her treating gynaecologist failed to explore properly other less invasive treatment options for her symptoms.

We have recently settled a case against a private orthopaedic surgeon for inappropriate and technically unacceptable knee surgery. Our client is in her 60s and had suffered intermittent knee pain for several years. The surgeon had advised against operating. She then had two isolated episodes of immobilising pain and sought his advice. Without further investigations or examination, he told her she needed a partial knee replacement which he performed a couple of months later.

Our client was advised by a podiatric surgeon to undergo surgery for hammer toes, but during the operation the oxygen supply to her toes was depleted leading to ischaemia.

We acted on behalf of a girl with a rare genetic condition resulting in short stature. The condition also has a number of other conditions associated with it, including cervical instability.

Our client suffered congenital abnormalities as a result of which he had to undergo extensive surgery shortly following his birth. The surgery itself proceeded smoothly, but after his discharge our client developed necrotising entercolitis for which he had to be readmitted.

We are presently pursuing a claim for a man who attended at hospital with a rare type of deep venous thrombosis (DVT).

The claimant in this case had undergone laparoscopic surgery to terminate an ectopic pregnancy at an NHS hospital. She was told that the procedure had been fully successful but continued to feel unwell. On the second day after surgery, she went back to the hospital for tests which confirmed that she was still pregnant. She was informed that she needed a further procedure, but the hospital could not guarantee the operation would be carried out that day or who the surgeon would be.

Our client was nine days old when he suffered asphyxia because a ventilation tube became blocked, starving him of oxygen and causing permanent brain damage.

We are advising on behalf of a minor who underwent an operation to remove her appendix and who was discharged from hospital the following day, notwithstanding concerns her mother expressed that our client had a high temperature and was feverish.