Unnecessary hip surgery operations on children
Thursday, 27 March 2025
by Gillian O'Mahony
A high number of children who had hip dysplasia surgery are to be medically reviewed after an audit found surgeons in two hospitals were carrying out a high number of unnecessary operations. The audit was conducted by Simon Thomas, a UK paediatric consultant orthopaedic surgeon. It found significant differences in the criteria used for children’s
- Published in Medical Negligence