Surgical Nerve Injury and Claiming Compensation
If you suffer a nerve injury during a surgical procedure which causes significant on-going symptoms, it is likely that you will be entitled to make a claim for compensation.
Surgical nerve injury
A nerve injury can cause catastrophic symptoms, dramatically affecting an individual's quality of life. This may be as a result of negligent compression of a nerve or actual damage to the nerve through misuse of surgical instruments.
Depending on the location of the nerve and its normal function, the impact on a patient can vary considerably with the potential to cause a wide variety of problems including the following:
- Loss of lower limb mobility
- Loss of upper limb dexterity
- Bowel incontinence
- Bladder incontinence
- Loss of vision
Nerve injury is often associated with orthopaedic surgery but may also be an unfortunate result of gynaecological surgery such as a hysterectomy, sinus surgery and gallbladder surgery amongst other types of procedure.
Medical negligence
If a medical professional causes an injury to a patient during a surgical procedure which remains unresolved or unrepaired, they may be regarded as having acted negligently.
Such an injury may be the product of incorrect technique, inexperience, incorrect positioning of the patient or a failure to ensure a clear field of vision is available to the surgeon.
Claiming Compensation
The law allows for patients who suffer unintentional injury as a result of medical care to claim for compensation and to recover any financial losses caused by the medical negligence.
Where a negligent nerve injury leaves a patient with significant symptoms, the long-term impact can be dramatic. An individual who has lost their mobility, for example, may find that they are no longer able to work in their former employment and may suffer a considerable loss of income as a result.
Furthermore, their capacity to carry out normal household and personal tasks may be compromised by their new disability, requiring alterations to their home environment or introducing the need for additional care.
Financial losses or costs such as these would be taken into account in a successful claim for compensation.
Legal advice
Claims for compensation for medical negligence are extremely complex and require the skills of a specialist solicitor. Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced lawyers. Contact us today if you believe that you or a loved one may have been the victim of a failure of medical care.
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