UK expert to head-up review of spinal surgeries in Temple Street

The review into high complication rates for children who received spinal surgery in Temple Street is to be overseen by Dr Selvadurai Nayagam. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

The HSE chief executive and the Minister for Health have met with the UK-based expert who will lead an external review of spinal care surgeries at Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

The review into high complication rates for children who received spinal surgery in Temple Street is to be overseen by Dr Selvadurai Nayagam, consultant in orthopaedics and trauma, and head of the limb reconstruction unit at the Royal Liverpool University and Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospitals.