Judgment affirmed, with costs.
Plaintiff was referred to the defendant surgeon for the removal of an aneurysm in the right leg. The initial clinical diagnosis placed the aneurysm in the popliteal artery (behind the right knee). An arteriogram, however, showed the aneurysm to be located in another blood vessel in the area. When the operation was performed, the aneurysm was found to be in the blood vessel within the sciatic nerve — a condition of extreme rarity...
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