Table 2.

Examples of “other” causes of litigation with examples of each category

Reason for litigation	No. of cases	Examples of cases	Total payout (£)
Poor plaster application	25	Skin laceration using plaster saw (×6) Bad plastering→ulceration (×)	36,190
Non-SSS intra-operative errors	13	Burns—chemical and pressure (under tourniquet) and diathermy	154,802
Delay in operating	11	Delay in reduction of SCFE (×2) Delay in reduction of the radial head	340,530
Unnecessary surgery	3	Blount’s disease unnecessarily operated on with complications

Non-SSS non-surgical site-specific