Medicolegal Assessment of Spinal Infection: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcome and a Medicolegal Experience.
By Mr N V Todd , Consultant Neurosurgeon & Spinal Surgeon
Posted 28 May 2025
11 Minute Read
Tags:
- Paediatric Spinal Surgery
- Spinal Expert Witness
- Informed Consent
- Neuromonitoring
- Causation
- Spinal Infection
Expert Disciplines:
- Neurosurgery
- Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery
About The Author
Mr N V Todd
Consultant Neurosurgeon & Spinal Surgeon
Mr N V Todd is a retired NHS Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon with expertise in traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, cauda equina syndrome, tumours, stroke, and CNS infections. He has prepared thousands of medico-legal reports and regularly gives evidence in court. He is instructed in roughly 60% Claimant and 40% Defendant cases and has over 130 neurosurgical publications.
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