A Medicolegal Perspective on the Choice of Bone Graft Material for Dental Implants
Dental implants are now commonly used in patients with missing teeth, giving both functional and aesthetic improvements. However, loss of one or more teeth can lead to resorption of the alveolar ridge, particularly when the…
Categories : Articles, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Read more Webinar: Complications arising from pelvic mesh surgery and the medicolegal challenges
Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez, Consultant in Pain Medicine and highly experienced expert witness, will be hosting a webinar about complications arising from pelvic mesh surgery on Thursday 23rd May at 10-11am. Join Dr Ramos-Galvez for an…
Read more A medicolegal perspective on the treatment of varicose veins
Varicose veins are superficial blood vessels, most commonly in the lower extremities, that have become abnormally enlarged and convoluted, normally as a result of defective valves, which allow blood to flow in the reverse direction. They…
Categories : Articles, Vascular Surgery
Read more The Medicolegal Challenges of Chronic Post-Surgical Pain
Surgical intervention may be required in the treatment of many illnesses and injuries. While many patients recover completely and consider surgery extremely beneficial, a significant proportion go on to develop chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) (1-5). Chronic…
Read more The Medicolegal Implications of Advance Directives in Intensive Care
An advance directive, or living will, is a statement of instructions regarding future treatment options, including the right to refuse treatment, in the case of incapacitating illness which renders the patient unable to make decisions.…
Categories : Articles, Intensive care
Read more The Medicolegal Challenges of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts
Although percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is viewed as a less invasive treatment, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is now accepted as a highly effective solution to obstructive disease of the coronary arteries in certain patients.…
Categories : Articles, Cardiac Surgery
Read more Outcomes after Foot and Ankle Injuries and their Medicolegal Implications
Ankle injuries are extremely frequent: sprains account for around 5% of all Emergency Department visits in the UK each year, while ankle fractures are one of the commonest fractures to require surgical intervention. Complications arising…
Categories : Articles, Trauma and orthopaedics
Read more Pain and malingering from a medicolegal perspective
There are several definitions of malingering, but in essence, it is the deliberate and fraudulent feigning or exaggeration of the symptoms of illness or injury for an external benefit. In this last respect, it differs…
Read more The Medicolegal Challenges of Managing Joint Pain
Joint pain may be either acute or chronic. Acute joint pain arises from infection, trauma, autoimmune and inflammatory processes. Without prompt diagnosis and appropriate management, there is a high risk of long-term consequences, including disability.…
Read more The medicolegal challenges of aortic valve disease: Conservative treatment or aortic valve replacement?
Degeneration of the valves of the heart is very common, particularly in older patients. Aortic stenosis (AS), which is caused by calcification of a normal tricuspid valve or progressive stenosis of a congenitally bicuspid valve,…
Categories : Articles, Cardiac Surgery
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