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Claim for Development of Partial Cauda Equina Syndrome Fails - John Mead, The NHS Litigation Authority

12/12/13. Bryce v Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust (Newcastle County Court, 22nd August 2012 – Judge Walton). From 2004 Mrs Bryce suffered serious ill-health, including cervical cancer. An MRI scan of her pelvis in early 2006 excluded any recurrence of the cancer.

However, at this time she was also experiencing leg pain and was referred by her GP to the neurology department at the defendant trust. Professor Turnbull saw her on the 25th April 2006 and noted that the pain was causing quite a lot of discomfort. He observed that she had very limited straight leg raising on the right, and that “when she lifts her left leg she also gets pain on the right side”. This is a phenomenon known as crossed Lasegue’s sign, and...

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