Surgery
Hip surgery expert witnesses
Listed hip surgery expert witnesses address arthroplasty, fracture fixation and the management of complication. Missed fractures, leg length discrepancy and early revision are the questions most often raised.
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The evidence
What a hip surgery expert witness is asked to determine
Hip claims divide into trauma and elective work. In trauma, the timing of surgery after admission and the fixation chosen govern the argument; in arthroplasty, component selection, positioning and the consent discussion about revision risk usually do.
- Whether a fracture was visible on the initial radiographs and correctly identified.
- Whether surgery took place within the period the presentation and guidance indicated.
- Whether implant selection and component positioning met the expected standard.
- Whether dislocation, infection or leg length discrepancy is attributable to the surgery performed.
- Whether the risk of revision was discussed and recorded before an elective procedure.
Practitioners are listed across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. 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 hip surgery evidence can answer. They do not prescribe the scope of an individual instruction.
Personal injury claims
Hip injury and its effect on mobility and independence.
View claim type → 02Clinical negligence claims
Diagnosis, fixation and arthroplasty technique in hip surgery.
View claim type → 03Inquests
Hip fracture evidence where the circumstances of a death are examined.
View claim type →Search the register by the discipline used in the instruction.
See hip surgery listingsReport routes
Reports prepared
Radiographs, operation notes and theatre timings support a records review report. A breach and causation report then addresses the outcome alleged.
A condition and prognosis report addresses mobility and revision risk, and a care needs assessment may follow it.
Hip surgery expert witness evidence
A hip surgeon expert witness reads the radiographs against the timings recorded, because in hip trauma the two questions are usually the same one.
The register lists practitioners by discipline; availability is agreed with the practitioner. See guidance from British Hip Society alongside the case material.
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Questions answered
Frequently asked questions
Will a Hip Surgery expert witness respond to Part 35 questions?
Yes - CPR 35.6 entitles the parties to put written questions on a report, and answering them is part of the expert's duty to the court. A Hip Surgery report prepared for proceedings in England and Wales carries the Part 35 statement of truth, with equivalent duties applying in the other UK jurisdictions.
Can a Hip Surgery expert act as a single joint expert?
Where the court directs a single joint expert under CPR 35.7, the instruction is agreed between the parties and put jointly - a routine basis of instruction in this field. Whether a particular practitioner accepts SJE appointments is confirmed with the practitioner at the enquiry stage.
Will the expert attend joint discussions or give evidence at trial?
Where the court directs discussions between experts under CPR 35.12, they meet and produce a joint statement of what is agreed and what is disputed; attendance at trial - in person or by video link - is likewise a matter of court direction. These commitments are confirmed with the practitioner at instruction.
Can I choose a Hip Surgery expert of a specific gender, or one who assesses remotely?
Yes on both counts. Every listing displays the practitioner's gender, consulting locations and assessment types - face to face, remote or both - so sensitive-instruction preferences can be applied at the shortlisting stage, before any contact is made.