Delayed Surgical Intervention and Compensation for Cauda Equina Disability
Surgery for cauda equina compression can be a medical emergency, needing to take place within hours of a confirmed diagnosis. A delay may be regarded as negligent on the part of the relevant medical professionals and may justify a claim for compensation.
Surgery and cauda equina compression
A delay in surgical intervention for cauda equina compression can leave the patient with permanent loss of mobility or paralysis. If medical professionals have caused or contributed to this delay, it may be possible to claim compensation for the long-term consequences such as loss of income, specialist equipment and treatment, home adaptations and the costs of care or personal support.
Compression of the cauda equina nerves at the base of the spine will gradually deprive the patient of the function of these crucial nerves. Essential to the function of the bladder and bowel as well as registering sensation and initiating movement in the saddle area and legs, damage to these nerves can be utterly life-changing.
Any delay in surgery to decompress the nerve may allow time for the patient's condition to worsen.
Surgical delays
Surgery for cauda equina compression is recognised as time-sensitive and is regard often as a medical emergency. A failure by medical professionals to be aware of this urgency or a failure to arrange for surgery to take place within an appropriate timeframe may be regarded as negligent.
If the patient suffers as a result, it may be possible to claim compensation for the consequences of that delay.
A specialist solicitor will carry out an investigation into the patient's medical care and identify not only whether there has been a delay in arranging surgery for cauda equina compression but also in assessing the ways in which this act of negligence has affected the patient.
A successful compensation claim would address these consequences by recognising any loss of income or additional costs of care, accommodation or equipment resulting from the effects of the medical negligence.
Speak to a legal specialist
Cauda equina syndrome compensation claims are extremely complex and require the expertise and experience of a specialist in medical negligence law.
Glynns Solicitors can offer both the attention to detail necessary to meet all the requirements and deadlines of this complicated process but also a depth of understanding of this life-changing condition and the myriad ways in which it can undermine an individual's quality of life.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, if you suspect that you have been the victim of a negligent delay in surgery for cauda equina compression.
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