Multiple Disability and Compensation for Cauda Equina Medical Negligence
Complete cauda equina syndrome can cause an astonishing degree of distressing and debilitating disability. If medical negligence has played a part in this appalling outcome you may be entitled to claim compensation for the consequences.
Catastrophic cauda equina syndrome symptoms
The cauda equina nerves, located in the lumbar region of the spine, play such an important role in successful lower body function that damage can leave the patient disabled for life.
Essential to effective awareness of sensation and the initiation of muscle movement, a loss of function can result in the following catastrophic and life-changing symptoms:
- A loss of awareness of the need to defecate
- A loss of control of the passing of wind and faeces
- A loss of bladder sensation and control
- A loss of mobility and the development of foot drop
- A loss of sexual sensation and function
However, the development of cauda equina compression is often a gradual progression, meaning that, if medical professionals successfully diagnose this shocking condition at an early stage, further function losses may be prevented and the patient's symptoms may be minimised.
Negligent medical care of cauda equina compression
If medical professionals fail to diagnose and treat the condition, however, they may be regarded, to some degree, as responsible for the function losses which the patient then develops.
Where this is found to be the case, it may be possible to make a claim for the consequences of the negligence. A successful claim could include losses such as a loss of income due to restrictions in an individual's working and earning capacity. It could also include the costs of care where this is necessary and the costs of adapting one's home to suit the complexities of mobility limitations.
Examples of negligent medical care could include the following:
- A failure to recognise the significance of the patient's symptoms such as altered saddle sensation or urinary experience as well as lower back and leg pain
- A failure to carry out a thorough examination and assessment of the patient
- A delay in making a referral for an MRI scan which is essential to rule in or out a diagnosis of cauda equina compression
- A delay in initiating decompression surgery
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Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with extensive expertise in high-value cauda euina syndrome claims.
Contact us today to speak with a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for compensation for the consequences of your substandard medical care.
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