Orthopedic Expertise in Complex Fractures: A Key Factor in Personal Injury Settlements

Injury is described as any form of damage to your body and can happen anytime, whether you’re out playing in the yard, working at your job, driving in your car, or walking down the street. It includes a wide range of issues, such as lacerations, abrasions, burns, swelling, pain, discoloration, and many different types of pain. 

Bone injuries can be especially problematic because they can limit movement and, depending on the extent of the damage, take a long time to heal completely.

Complex bone fractures can be a big problem resulting from accidents or other events, especially if the injury causes major bones of joints to shatter. If the injury leads to having to deal with legal issues, that can make a bad situation worse. 

Let’s examine the way personal injury works in legal circles, look at the basic facts about complex fractures, and then show you how we can make things easier in this difficult situation.

Residents of the Fort Worth, Texas, area recovering from complex fractures or other injuries, and navigating the legal system in the process, can get help from Dr. Joseph Daniels and the dedicated staff at Southwest Orthopedic Associates.

Defining personal injury

Also referred to as tort law, this is the legal field dealing with harm done to you. When you’re in a situation where you have been directly injured or caused to be injured by one or more parties, you can file a claim for personal injury in state or federal court. The laws regarding these claims determine what grounds you have to proceed and include:

• Accidental: harm from negligence or inability to perform legal obligation

• Liability: direct injury from someone else’s action or inaction

• Intentional: purposeful harm to your person

Other situations may also apply, and your legal team can help you better understand the ins and outs of the process.

Facts about complex fractures

Bones are damaged when they are weaker than the force of something pushing against them, and a fracture becomes complex when it involves the joints or the shattering of bone. This frequently occurs due to the impact of accidents, falls, physical abuse, or sports collisions. They can also happen because of bone diseases like osteoporosis or overuse injuries.

Complex fractures can come in several forms such as:

• Closed: broken but not piercing the skin
• Open: broken and penetrating through the skin
• Complicated: damage to tissue around the fracture
• Comminuted: fracture shattered into many pieces
• Avulsion: the bone is wrenched out of a joint
• Compression: two bones are pushed together
• Displaced: bone breaks bad enough that it no longer lines up straight

What we can do to help

Orthopedic care is designed to manage a range of musculoskeletal issues, and we are fully equipped to help with complex fractures and many other problems in this field. Our practice can help you from diagnosis of the injury through surgery, rehabilitation, or many other services to restore your mobility, stability, and strength.

We also provide help to legal teams when necessary in court proceedings, such as sharing health information relevant to the case (diagnosis, treatment options, and long-term ramifications of the injury) depositions, and court appearances as an expert witness on your condition.

Complex injuries can be difficult to manage, but we’re here to help, and can help in legal proceedings with issues pertaining to your health. For these and other health needs, make an appointment with Dr. Daniels and Southwest Orthopedic Associates today.