03 Jun 2025
“I suffered catastrophic complications because a negligent neurosurgeon gave me bad advice.” Which case won?
The patient was a 73-year-old man who was happy, fit and active. In early 2011, he began to experience headaches and consulted his GP for treatment.
After performing various diagnostic investigations which were found to be inconclusive, the man’s GP referred him to a neurosurgeon.
The man consulted the neurosurgeon, who identified on a CT scan that the man had a benign brain tumour. The surgeon took the view that the tumour could be removed endoscopically, without the need to open up the patient’s skull. The surgeon said that this surgery would enable him to remove the tumour through the patient’s nose.
