McDonald v Accident Compensation Corporation [2015] NZACA 14 [pdf, 207 KB]
...McDonald did not have any muscle cover over the tibia and this was contributing to the present discomfort. He would certainly benefit from some refashioning of the stump. [21] On 16 March 1981, Mr Milsom, orthopaedic surgeon at Tauranga Hospital, requested the hospital to add Mr McDonald to the waiting list for a revision of the amputation. Mr Milsom noted the problem to be tenderness between a lumpy scar and the tip of the tibia. [22] The surgeon superintendent, presumably at T...