Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery claims involve the diagnosis and surgical management of conditions of the brain, spine, and nervous system, where the stakes are high and the margin for error small. Recurring fact patterns include wrong-level spinal surgery, nerve or spinal cord injury during a procedure, failure to recognize and decompress conditions such as cauda equina syndrome in time, and complications arising from cranial procedures.

Because neurosurgical injuries are often permanent and severe, these cases tend to involve substantial damages and closely contested liability. The standard of care is established through expert evidence from neurosurgery and the relevant adjacent specialties, and is assessed against the clinical decisions available at the time. Causation can be difficult where the underlying neurological condition itself threatened serious harm regardless of the surgical care provided.

Posts tagged Neurosurgery analyze Ontario decisions involving the diagnosis and surgical treatment of neurological conditions and the injuries that can follow.