Neurosurgery & Neurology Claims

Neurosurgery and neurology involve diagnosing and treating problems with the nervous system, the spinal cord and the brain. The failure to diagnose and treat such problems can have devastating effects.

Common claims involving neurologists and neurosurgeons include failing to test, identify, manage, diagnose and treat problems with the nervous system. Claims often arise as a result of medical neglect relating to:

• the treatment of traumatic brain injuries;
• diagnosis and treatment of brain/spinal tumours;
• surgery on spine/brain;
• delay in diagnosis of infection of vertebrae;
• fluid/water on the brain (hydrocephalus) delay in diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome;
• spinal disc herniation;
• treatment of headaches and migraines;
• controlling epilepsy and seizures;
• the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s and forms of dementia;
• the treatment of strokes and transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs);
• treating facial pain;
• balance disorders;
• late diagnosis/misdiagnosis and treatment of conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Multiple Sclerosis (MS);
• diagnosis and treatment of tingling, pins and needles, numbness, muscle weakness, pains and cramps;
• diagnosis of sleep apnoea/sleeping disorders.