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Thank you for visiting our
website. Click here to review an article recently
published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine concerning
potential problems with pain pumps.
In the article, well-respected orthopedic surgeons issued a warning that
pain pumps designed to reduce pain after surgery are potentially dangerous
when used in the shoulder joint space. The pumps, manufactured by Stryker
Corporation, DJO Inc., I-Flow Inc., BREG Inc., and other companies deliver
high concentrations of pain medications directly to the surgical site.
According to the article, the pumps may cause permanent damage to cartilage
in the shoulder. This can result in severe pain, debilitating stiffness, and
an eventual joint replacement surgery for many of those affected. This
complication, known as Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis (PAGCL),
is permanent and can lead to extreme pain and lifelong suffering in
sixty-three percent of patients that use pain pumps, according to the
article.
We are in the process of investigating cases that include the use of pain
pumps, not only in the shoulder, but also in the knee, ankle, and hip. We
are attempting to determine if the manufacturers of the pumps failed to
instruct or warn the
U.S.
medical community that the safety of using the pain pumps in the joint space
had not been established or that the continuous injections of commonly used
pain medications may cause permanent injury.
If you are interested in having your potential claim reviewed at no
cost to you, please contact us by phone or email and we will send you the
documents to get started. If after our review we determine that your case
falls within the claim guidelines that we are reviewing, then we will
contact you for further information. We will also let you know if we believe
the case does not fall within the guidelines.
It is important for you to note that defective medical products claims
may be governed by a shorter statute of limitations than other claims and,
therefore, we urge you to give this matter your immediate attention if you
are interested in having your case reviewed.
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THE
LAW OFFICES OF DARREN O’QUINN has the necessary experience and
resources to evaluate and prosecute your product liability claim.
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