Surgery
Foot and ankle surgery expert witnesses
Listed foot and ankle surgery expert witnesses address fracture management, forefoot and hindfoot reconstruction and the treatment of tendon and ligament injury. Missed injuries on initial imaging are a common subject of instruction.
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The evidence
What a foot and ankle surgery expert witness is asked to determine
Foot and ankle claims frequently begin in the emergency department, where a Lisfranc or talar injury may be present but not appreciated on the first radiographs. The later films and the pattern of continuing symptoms usually establish whether the injury was detectable at the outset.
- Whether the initial imaging was adequate and correctly interpreted.
- Whether fixation choice, reduction and the timing of surgery met the expected standard.
- Whether infection, non-union or malunion is attributable to the treatment given.
- Whether post-operative weight-bearing and rehabilitation instructions were appropriate.
- What can be said about continuing pain, deformity and the prospect of further surgery.
Practitioners are listed across all four UK nations. Location can be narrowed in the register’s location listings before an instruction is made.
Claim contexts
Claims that instruct this discipline
These links describe the question foot and ankle surgery evidence can answer. They do not prescribe the scope of an individual instruction.
Personal injury claims
Foot and ankle injury and its continuing effect on function.
View claim type → 02Clinical negligence claims
Diagnosis, fixation and follow-up in foot and ankle injury.
View claim type → 03Road traffic accident claims
Lower limb injury following a collision.
View claim type →Search the register by the discipline used in the instruction.
See foot and ankle surgery listingsReport routes
Reports prepared
Serial imaging and operation notes support a records review report. A breach and causation report addresses the missed injury or technique criticised.
A condition and prognosis report deals with residual pain, function and further surgery, usually after an independent medical examination.
Foot and ankle surgery expert witness evidence
A foot and ankle surgeon expert witness compares the initial and later imaging and states what was detectable at the first attendance.
Listings can be filtered by discipline and by location before contact is made. See the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society alongside the case material.
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