A patient who underwent hip surgery and later required a second operation alleged that the first treating doctors had worsened the fracture by attempting to insert an oversized prosthesis. The case eventually turned less on what was suspected and more on what could actually be proved.
After suffering a fracture of the femoral neck, the patient underwent surgery at a local hospital where the fractured femoral head was removed. According to the treating doctors, a suitable custom prosthesis was not immediately available and the patient was advised referral to a higher centre for definitive implantation after an appropriate interval.
The patient later underwent another surgery elsewhere.