Missed Fractures - A Medico-Legal Experience Over 9 Years

By Dr Whitehouse

Posted 24 January 2021

5 Minute Read

X-ray images of fractured hands, illustrating diagnostic challenges and medico-legal insights gained from nine years of missed fracture cases.

Tags:

  • Missed Fractures
  • Scaphoid Fracture
  • MRI Litigation
  • Hip Fracture Diagnosis
  • Radiology Expert Witness
  • Fracture Misdiagnosis

Expert Disciplines:

  • Radiology

About The Author

Dr Whitehouse

Dr Whitehouse retired from full-time NHS practice in 2015 but continued part-time locum work in his former role. He plans to relinquish his GMC registration in autumn 2021 and will no longer accept new medico-legal cases.

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Missed Fractures and Medico-Legal Lessons in Radiology