Man Loses Top Of His Head In Brain Operation

A German court has awarded $4,100 (3,000 euros) in damages to a man who had to have the top of his skull replaced with plastic because of a faulty hospital fridge.

It happened as doctors removed the top of the man's head and put it in cold storage while they operated on his brain. However, the refrigerator was defective and the section of skull didn't stay cool.

Since the section wasn't kept at the right temperature, it couldn't be reattached. So doctors replaced the bone with a plastic prosthesis.

The man wanted compensation of at least 20,000 euros claiming that the prosthesis caused him headaches, affected his balance and made him sensitivity to the weather.

But the court consulted various experts and concluded that the operation had caused the man's discomfort, not the plastic top of his skull. For what it's worth, the experts also said the man didn't deserve to be compensated was because they believed "the new skull roof was better than the original."

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