HSE has commissioned UK expert to review surgeries carried out by consultant after internal review identified ‘serious spinal surgical incidents’ in the service
The consultant ceased doing kyphectomies – the most complex form of spinal surgery – in mid-August 2022, ceased all spinal surgeries last May and ceased all surgeries in July, CHI clinical director Dr Ike Okafor told The Irish Times.
“This review arises from very serious concerns identified by CHI since last year relating to poor surgical outcomes in spinal surgery at Temple Street, the use of a certain spinal surgical technique and the use of unauthorised implantable devices.” The CHI report says the adverse outcomes from kyphectomies in Temple Street are higher than those indicated in the literature internationally, though it cautions that the number of cases is too small to make detailed comparison.The internal review begun last year looked at 17 patients of the consultant but more recently, CHI says, it became aware that “unauthorised devices” had been used in a small number of spinal surgery procedures.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the review of spinal surgeries at Temple Street “appears to relate to potential poor performance by one doctor”.
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