Negligent septoplasty and rhinoplasty Claim
We have successfully concluded a negligent septoplasty and rhinoplasty compensation claim after our client’s surgery 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 her condition. For an explanation of what septoplasty involves you can watch the following YouTube video produced by TopDoctors UK.
However, our client’s operation did not go as planned. As a result of the surgery she suffered 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 our client’s alar cartilages, causing significant asymmetry.
Our client subsequently had to undergo revision surgery to fix the issues caused by the operation.
The septoplasty and rhinoplasty compensation claim
Oliver Thorne, partner and head of our clinical negligence department, took the case on under our popular No Win, No Fee funding arrangement.
Oliver, who is an AvMA panel member, instructed a leading medical expert to comment on the care provided both pre-operatively and post-operatively.
He then sent a Letter of Claim to the surgeon’s representatives. They responded by offering a sum of £20,000 in compensation to settle the claim. However, Oliver recommended that the offer be rejected as it did not reflect his own assessment of what the claim was worth.
Following negotiations, an improved ‘out of court’ offer of £30,000 was made and this was happily accepted by our client.