Orthopaedic surgery is any form of operation which involves your bones, muscles or joints. Common examples of orthopaedic surgery include; operating on bone fractures, joint replacement surgery or ligament reconstruction.

Common examples of orthopaedic negligence include:

• Complications caused in hip, knee or elbow replacement surgery.
• Failure or late diagnosis of a broken bone.
• Unnecessary surgery on a broken bone i.e. when a cast would have sufficed.
• Failure to carry out surgery that should have been carried out sooner, resulting in a worse outcome for the patient.
• Surgery carried out on the wrong bone(s), joint(s) or ligament(s).
• Post-surgical infection that should have been avoided.
• Nerve damage that should have been avoided.
• Failure to gain consent for surgery.
• Surgical equipment malfunction.