Nick’s agony continued and after going to see his own GP he was referred for an appointment with an orthopaedic consultant. The opportunity to investigate Nick’s symptoms further had been missed. He described the crack that he has heard when getting out of bed however as no break had been identified on the X-Ray the GP said the problem must be muscular and sent him away with pain relief. Once back home Nick continued to find the pain unbearable so went to see an out-of-hours GP who was also based at the hospital that had discharged him. Nick was sent home and advised to take paracetamol much to his shock and despair due to the amount of pain that he was in. Nick was eventually taken for an X-Ray and informed that this had not revealed any fracture or break and there was nothing more the hospital could do for him. The nurse had little compassion for Nick’s plight and at one point brought him a syringe with pain relief and left without any instructions on how to take it. Nick was left sitting in a wheelchair for a long time despite the extreme pain he was in which at times reduced him to tears. When being assessed Nick described the large crack and explained about the fall a few days previously. Nick was in so much pain that he could hardly move and after calling an ambulance he was taken to hospital. When getting out of bed he heard a large crack and felt severe pain in his collarbone. The start of Nick’s poor hospital treatment began a few days after he fell through his loft at home. Nick’s case was taken on by Melissa Gardner, one of the specialist solicitors at JMW and he was later awarded £400,000 in compensation. This was despite the break being present on an X-Ray and Nick being in an extreme amount of pain. Nick lost the ability to work after hospital doctors failed to notice he had broken his collar bone. This case study outlines how JMW helped a man to claim £400,000 after doctors failed to spot his broken collarbone leaving him unable to work and putting his family in extreme financial difficulty. Medial clavicle fractures only account for about 5% of clavicle fractures.If you are looking for information on making a claim for a broken collarbone caused by an injury, please click here to visit our personal injury claims page. Growth plate fractures of the clavicle can be seen into the late teens and early 20s. One of the last growth plates to close in the body is at the medial end of the clavicle. Medial clavicle fractures: These are much less common and often have a relationship to injury to the sternoclavicular joint.Distal clavicle fractures account for roughly 20% of all clavicle fractures. This part of the shoulder is called the acromioclavicular (AC) joint, and distal clavicle fractures often have similar treatment considerations as an AC joint injury. Distal clavicle fractures: These occur in close proximity to the end of the collarbone at the shoulder joint.Mid-shaft fractures account for approximately 75% of all clavicle fractures. Multiple breaks in the bone (segmental fractures), significant displacement (separation), or shortening of the length of the bone are particular concerns. Mid-shaft clavicle fractures: Occurring in the central third of the bone, they can be a simple crack in the bone or badly displaced.
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