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Shoulder Pain Pump Lawsuits
The use of intra-articular pumps, also known as pain pumps or pain balls, to deliver medication to the shoulder following arthroscopic shoulder surgery has been linked to the development of a painful and debilitating condition which causes the loss of cartilage in the shoulder. The condition, known as Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis or PAGCL, has [...]
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More Than 150 Lawsuits Over Problems with Shoulder Pumps Filed
There are currently more than 150 shoulder pump lawsuits filed throughout the United States, according to a recent report in the New York Times.
Shoulder Pain Pump Trial Results in $4.75M Verdict Against I-Flow
An Oregon jury has awarded $4.75 million following shoulder pain pump trial involving a plaintiff who alleged that the I-Flow On-Q Painbuster destroyed cartilage in his shoulder when it was used to deliver pain medication following arthroscopic surgery.
Shoulder Chondrolysis Lawsuit Consolidation in New Jersey Being Reviewed
Lawyers have asked that dozens of shoulder pain pump lawsuits pending in New Jersey state court be consolidated before one judge for centralized management.
Shoulder Pain Pump Lawyers Renew Request to Consolidate Lawsuits
Attorneys representing more than 100 people who have filed a shoulder chondrolysis lawsuit in courts throughout the United States over problems caused by the use of pain pumps after arthroscopic surgery are renewing their request to consolidate the cases before one judge for coordinated pretrial litigation.
Chondrolysis of the Shoulder Linked to Surgery Pain Pump: FDA
The FDA is warning healthcare professionals that the use of pain pumps following surgery to continuously infuse medication intra-articularly has been linked to chondrolysis of the shoulder, or destruction of cartilage. This could result in increased pain, stiffness and loss of month during the months after surgery, often resulting in additional surgery to replace [...]
Shoulder Surgery Pump Lawsuit Trials Scheduled Throughout 2010
Next year, individual trials are scheduled in courts across the United States for shoulder surgery pump lawsuits filed over the development of shoulder chondrolysis, which involves permanent loss of cartilage in the shoulder, following use of a pain pumps to deliver medication during the days after arthroscopic surgery.
I-Flow On-Q Pain Pump Lawsuits Spike in July 2009
The number of new shoulder pain pump lawsuits filed against I-Flow Corp, makers of the On-Q PainBuster, surged last month, as many plaintiffs filed claims prior to the two year anniversary of the publication of a study linking use of the pain pumps to a painful and debilitating loss of cartilage, known as shoulder chondrolysis. [...]
Shoulder Chondrolysis Trial to Begin July 2009 in Breg Pain Pump Lawsuit
It appears that the first trial of a pain pump lawsuit, involving the development of shoulder chondrolysis after arthroscopic surgery, will begin this summer in Key West, Florida. According to court records, the plaintiff, Douglas Kilpatrick, and the device manufacturer, Breg, Inc., failed to reach a settlement during a court ordered mediation earlier this [...]
Shoulder Surgery Pain Pump Lawsuits Filed in Arizona
Five new shoulder surgery pain pump lawsuits were filed last week in the U.S. District Court of Arizona, joining more than 100 other lawsuits filed throughout the country on behalf of individuals who have suffered debilitating loss of cartilage from the use of implantable pain control pumps after arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
Pain Pump Lawsuits Continue to be filed over Shoulder Chondrolysis
Individuals who have developed shoulder chondrolysis after arthroscopic surgery continue to file pain pump lawsuits against the manufacturers of the infusion pumps used to deliver medication after surgery. The lawsuits claim that the intra-articular use of the pain pumps causes permanent shoulder cartilage damage.
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