Surgery
Vascular surgery expert witnesses
Listed vascular surgery expert witnesses address arterial and venous disease, aneurysm repair and the management of limb ischaemia. Delayed recognition of acute ischaemia leading to amputation is the most serious recurring subject.
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The evidence
What a vascular surgery expert witness is asked to determine
Acute limb ischaemia is judged against the clock. The time the limb was first described as painful, pale or pulseless, the time imaging was obtained and the time of revascularisation determine whether the limb was salvageable, and the records are examined in that order.
- Whether acute limb ischaemia was recognised when the signs were first recorded.
- Whether imaging and vascular referral occurred within the necessary period.
- Whether revascularisation or amputation was appropriately timed and performed.
- Whether aneurysm surveillance and the decision to repair met the expected standard.
- Whether the limb would probably have been salvageable with earlier intervention.
Practitioners are listed across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Location can be narrowed in the register’s location listings before an instruction is made.
Claim contexts
Claims that instruct this discipline
These links describe the question vascular surgery evidence can answer. They do not prescribe the scope of an individual instruction.
Clinical negligence claims
Recognition, referral and revascularisation in vascular disease.
View claim type → 02Personal injury claims
Vascular injury and limb loss following trauma.
View claim type → 03Inquests
Vascular evidence where the circumstances of a death are examined.
View claim type →Search the register by the discipline used in the instruction.
See vascular surgery listingsReport routes
Reports prepared
Observation entries, imaging times and operation notes support a records review report. A breach and causation report addresses limb salvage on the recorded timings.
Where amputation has followed, a care needs assessment and prosthetics evidence are normally required. The report pages state what each contains.
Vascular surgery expert witness evidence
A vascular surgeon expert witness works from the recorded times of onset, imaging and revascularisation, and states what salvage those permitted.
Listings can be filtered by discipline and location, and the approach is made to the practitioner direct. See guidance from Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland alongside the case material.
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Questions answered
Frequently asked questions
Will a Vascular Surgery expert witness respond to Part 35 questions?
Yes - CPR 35.6 entitles the parties to put written questions on a report, and answering them is part of the expert's duty to the court. A Vascular Surgery report prepared for proceedings in England and Wales carries the Part 35 statement of truth, with equivalent duties applying in the other UK jurisdictions.
Can a Vascular Surgery expert act as a single joint expert?
Where the court directs a single joint expert under CPR 35.7, the instruction is agreed between the parties and put jointly - a routine basis of instruction in this field. Whether a particular practitioner accepts SJE appointments is confirmed with the practitioner at the enquiry stage.
Will the expert attend joint discussions or give evidence at trial?
Where the court directs discussions between experts under CPR 35.12, they meet and produce a joint statement of what is agreed and what is disputed; attendance at trial - in person or by video link - is likewise a matter of court direction. These commitments are confirmed with the practitioner at instruction.
Can I choose a Vascular Surgery expert of a specific gender, or one who assesses remotely?
Yes on both counts. Every listing displays the practitioner's gender, consulting locations and assessment types - face to face, remote or both - so sensitive-instruction preferences can be applied at the shortlisting stage, before any contact is made.