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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 82:298-9 (2000)
© 2000 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Book Review

THE SPINE AND MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE. R. W. Porter. Washington, D.C., BIOS Scientific, 1998. $33.95, 200 pp.

Sal Fiscina, M.D., J.D., Lawrence H. Brenner, J.D. and Laura Forese, M.D., M.P.H.

The Spine and Medical Negligence is a well focused attempt to catalog and survey problems associated with spinal surgery. It might be entitled Understanding the Fundamentals of Spinal Surgical Errors. Its strength is its clinical orientation, although this orientation may make the book seem inordinately basic to the experienced spinal surgeon. Its legal orientation lacks balance, depth, and insight into the nuances and complexities of laws pertaining to medical malpractice.

This book should prove most useful as a manual for attorneys litigating cases involving spinal surgery. It can serve as a consulting manual, providing basic clinical information that can be essential for preparing for a pivotal deposition of a spinal surgeon. It can also serve as a preparatory checklist for an expert reviewer of cases involving malpractice in spinal surgery. In addition, it can provide experienced spinal surgeons with an overview of the adverse outcomes of spinal surgery that are . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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