Making a septoplasty and rhinoplasty claim
We have successfully recovered compensation for a woman who made a septoplasty and rhinoplasty claim after her operation went wrong.
Background to the case
After suffering for many years with breathing difficulties, our client underwent both a septoplasty and rhinoplasty operation to fix this.
However, the operation did not go to plan. As a result of the operation, our client was left with an open roof deformity due to an inadequate fracture, which caused her septum to deviate. In addition to this, there was a failure to adequately trim the cartilages, causing significant asymmetry.
Our client had to subsequently undergo revision surgery to correct the issues caused by the operation.
The septoplasty and rhinoplasty claim
Oliver Thorne, who is a partner and head of our clinical negligence department, took the case on under our popular No Win, No fee funding arrangement.
He arranged for a leading medical expert to comment on the standard of the surgery and the patient’s post-operative care. The report was fully supportive of the claim.
A Letter of Claim was submitted to the surgeon’s legal representatives. While we waited for their response, they offered a sum of £20,000 in compensation to settle the claim. However, Oliver recommended that the offer be rejected as it did not reflect the full extent of our client’s traumatic experiences. Following subsequent negotiations, an improved offer of £30,000 was made, and this was happily accepted by our client.
How we can help you
We specialise in cosmetic surgery negligence claims, so if you have undergone surgery for your nose and have suffered an injury due to a cosmetic surgery medical accident, then please get in touch with our friendly team. We will review your case free of charge and provide you with details of our No Win, No Fee funding.