ICVTS Click here to go to Siemens website
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:197-199. doi:10.1510/icvts.2004.102137
© 2005 European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Colin J. Hilton
Nicola Vitale
Rune Haaverstad
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Hilton, C. J.
Right arrow Articles by Haaverstad, R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Hilton, C. J.
Right arrow Articles by Haaverstad, R.
Related Collections
Right arrow Professional affairs

Brief communication - Congenital

Effects of ‘Bristol’ on surgical practice in the United Kingdom

Colin J. Hilton*, J.R. Leslie Hamilton, Nicola Vitale1 and Rune Haaverstad2

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK

*Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 1912137587; fax: +44 1912231175.

E-mail address: c.j.hilton{at}ncl.ac.uk (C.J. Hilton).

In 1995 a child died following an arterial switch operation for complex transposition of the great arteries. There had been general concern regarding the outcomes for the arterial switch procedure in the unit in Bristol. A review, prompted by parents whose children had died, showed that 29 children had died and four others suffered from cerebral damage postoperatively. The General Medical Council (GMC) considered the conduct of three doctors from the unit. This hearing culminated in the suspension and subsequent removal from the Medical Register of the senior Cardiac Surgeon and the Chief Executive of the hospital. The second Cardiac Surgeon was banned from practising in the field of paediatric cardiac surgery for three years (his results in adult cardiac surgical practice were not called into question). Following this the Government set up a public Inquiry to investigate the causes behind the deaths. This Inquiry, which took three years, made recommendations that have affected the way all doctors in the UK practice.

Key Words: Paediatric cardiac surgery; Surgical practice

HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2005 European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery