Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland

Ms Eil?sh Hardiman:

From an activity perspective, the most complex procedure is kyphectomy.

Just to be clear, there were seven of those in the review. One took place in 2020, two took place in 2021 and four took place in 2022 in a short period of time. It was when the fourth took place in a short period of time we were able to see the trend of what was happening with those from failure rates in relation to the metal work. That is what sparked us to say, "We have got to do something here." One can have a single patient, but it is very hard to know if there is a trend there.

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