Surgeon had no consent to ‘clip’ tube

The decision by a surgeon to ‘clip’ a woman’s fallopian tube without her consent has been described as “quite extraordinary” by a medical expert.

Professor Anthony Smith has said he does not believe obstetrician-gynaecologist Dr Declan Egan grasped the gravity of the situation when he clipped the left fallopian tube of his patient, Lorna McKeogh.

He added that it is “extraordinary” that there is so little documentation available backing up Dr Egan’s decision and that he didn’t seem to make any attempt to corroborate it by calling another gynaecologist.