Paediatric Ortho Trauma: Mr Max Mifsud, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
By Mr Max Mifsud, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Posted 25 June 2025
5 Minute Read
Growth plate injuries in children can look routine - but carry lifelong risks if missed. In this webinar, Mr Max Mifsud explores medico-legal pitfalls, breach red flags, and how to build stronger paediatric claims.
Growth plate injuries are easy to miss yet carry lifelong consequences when diagnosis or follow‑up falls short. In this concise CPD webinar, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Max Mifsud explains where cases go wrong and what matters medico‑legally in breach, causation and quantum.
About the Speaker
Mr Max Mifsud is a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Nuffield Health Oxford with subspecialist expertise in paediatric trauma and growth plate injuries. He provides regular expert witness reports in complex paediatric orthopaedic claims.
Key Themes from the Session
- Why subtle physical injuries are missed - and the downstream risk of growth arrest.
- Classification drives risk: understanding Salter-Harris (IV–V highest risk).
- Follow‑up standards: typical expectation of up to 2 years for high‑risk joints (knee, wrist, ankle).
- Surgical pitfalls: fixation across the physis and forceful reductions.
- Early detection enables less invasive correction (e.g., guided growth) and reduces quantum.
Tags:
- Orthopaedic Expert Witness
- Orthopaedic Trauma
- Paediatric Expert Witness
- Missed Fractures
- Missed Diagnosis
Expert Disciplines:
- Orthopaedic Surgery
About The Author
Mr Max Mifsud
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mr Maximillian Mifsud is a Consultant Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon and Expert Witness with 3 years’ medico-legal reporting experience, having undertaken expert work since 2023. He prepares around 12 reports per year across Claimant and Defendant instructions in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence matters.
His specialist expertise includes paediatric orthopaedics, cerebral palsy, hip dysplasia and preservation, neuromuscular orthopaedics, limb reconstruction, bone infection, sarcoma and bone tumours, making him particularly suited to complex paediatric orthopaedic and injury instructions.
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