Medical Malpractice

If you are a victim of pain pump machine, then be sure that you don't leave the manufacturer to roam in the market. There is judiciary option where the victim can file a pain pump lawsuit against the manufacturer.

No one would have guessed that science and medicine could also prove to be havoc for mankind. One of such cases points to the use of pain pump machines. It has been recently studied that there is a link between the shoulder pain pumps and life-altering situation called Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis. This is a permanent cartilage damage caused after the arthroscopic surgery. It is a chronic and irreversible condition, which causes extreme painful condition and restricts the movement of the patient, as well as gives rise to various other complications.

There are many individuals throughout the country who are using pain pumps to control the pain caused after arthroscopic shoulder surgery. Now the medical survey says that these pumps have become a cause of permanent pain as they are said to pump too much medicine which causes a cartilage loss that leads to lifelong permanent pain as well as suffering. The survey results showed statistics that out of 152 patients who underwent anthroscopic shoulder surgeries, 12 patients were those who had developed PAGCL. In addition, it was also found that these patients had used shoulder pain pump after the surgery.

A pain pump is a medical device, which is implanted inside the body that helps in coping with the pain management. It is a kind of device, which administers a dose of pain on the affected area that brings relief to the patient. However, medical practitioners have brought the fact that this is temporary relief equipment, which has more of the damaging side effects to the patient's body.

Though this news is already out in the public and there are various pain pump lawsuits filed against the manufacturers, including some of the major companies like Stryker, DJO Inc. and I-Flow Inc.

Amongst the various allegations filed against the manufacturers, one of those were that these pain pump manufacturers failed to warn the medical community about the safety measures of using the pain pumps. Also, there were no precautions that the prolonged use of anesthetics can lead to permanent shoulder injury.

The latest statistics say that there are around 500 cases which have been filed as part of a class-action lawsuit against these pump makers, who are still running their products in the market. These companies have also not warned people that the FDA had not permitted the use of pumps in the joints. Doctors say that the FDA had approved of this device just for the external purpose, not to be used inside the joints.

Looking at the complications caused because of these pain pumps, one has to be very careful on this issue. In case, you have been trapped as a victim of this device, and have become handicapped because of it, then you can surely file a pain pump lawsuit against the device manufacturer and ask for compensation. These lawsuit attorneys check for the damage caused due to the malpractice of this device, and based on it, they file a compensation claim on your behalf. Also, there are some attorneys who offer free evaluation of your case, before pain pump lawsuit is filed against the culprit.