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What is it?

Pain medicine specialists assess, diagnose and treat patients with complex pain, caused by acute injury, chronic pain that persists after an injury has healed, related to cancer, or sometimes as a primary problem without an obvious cause.  Treatment of complex pain conditions often involves a multi-disciplinary approach. 

Expert Witness Dr Chris Jenner

The medicolegal implications of hindsight bias 

by Dr Christopher Jenner, Consultant in Pain Medicine

In the context of clinical medicine, bias is the predisposition to form premature or undue impressions that are not based on the actual data to hand. Hindsight bias refers to the tendency to exaggerate one’s own ability to predict the inevitability of an outcome once that outcome is already known.

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.

The medicolegal challenges of spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of pain

Current treatment options for chronic pain are limited in terms of their efficacy, particularly over the long term. Recent research indicates that neuromodulation, including spinal cord stimulation, may offer genuine hope to patients with chronic neuropathic pain.