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Orthopaedics

We publish case reports as an aid to MPS members, to alert them to pitfalls that have caught their colleagues unawares. We believe that these are an invaluable risk-management tool and, as such, they should be rooted in fact – i.e. based on actual events.

Here are some orthopaedics cases published in recent editions of Casebook.

  • “Just a quick look” can be costly - January 2012
  • Too quick to clear the spine - January 2012
  • Tomorrow is too late - May 2011
  • To operate or not to operate? - January 2011
  • A relative point of view - May 2009
  • Who's changed my list? - January 2008
  • Too long to run - January 2008
  • Following, not leading - September 2007
  • An orthopaedic emergency - May 2007
  • Back again with cauda equina syndrome - January 2007
  • Moot myelopathy - May 2005
  • Scarred for life? - May 2005
  • Tourniquet trouble - February 2005
  • Dislocated care - November 2004
  • Don't ignore radiating back pain - November 2004
  • Could it make me worse? - August 2004
  • No knuckling under - May 2004
  • A crucial x-ray overlooked - May 2004
  • Complications happen - May 2004
  • No notes, no leg to stand on - February 2004
  • Misplaced injection - November 2004
  • Duty to warn - August 2003
  • A tight situation - August 2003
  • Shouldering responsibility - August 2003

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