Smith v Salford Health Authority

(1994) 5 Med LR 321

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and Mr Justice POTTER

Professional liability — Neurosurgery — Occipital/cervical fusion — Plaintiff's condition congenital — Plaintiff rendered tetraplegic — Whether decision to proceed to operation was a precipitate one — Whether surgeon failed properly to inform plaintiff of benefits of both surgical and non-surgical management — Whether a CT scan should have been taken before operation — Whether operation carried out negligently