POWELL v UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SUSSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

[2023] Med LR Plus 18

KING’S BENCH DIVISION

Before Dexter Dias KC (Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)

Clinical negligence - Consent and advice for surgical management of infected knee replacement - Protracted management of post operative infection culminating in leg amputation - Patient undergoing early debridement as opposed to removal of prosthesis – Whether patient appropriately advised of the alternative of removal of prosthesis - Whether surgeon's recommendation for debridement was negligent - Whether claimant would have opted for removal of prosthesis - Whether this would have avoided the need for amputation.