Ideally, a shoulder pain pump should ease pain subsequent to arthroscopic shoulder surgery in Kentucky or in another state. Such medical devices are designed as a way to deliver regular doses of anesthetic to an injured shoulder after surgery. But some shoulder pain pumps are defective or are applied in a negligent way. These shoulder pain pump devices can produce extreme pain in the patient.

Damage caused by a defective shoulder pain pump can decrease a shoulder's range of motion, as well as make the shoulder grind and pop. This injury also may cause weakness, stiffness and pain. At worst, it can create a deterioration of shoulder cartilage which may be excruciating for victims. In such cases, the victim may need shoulder replacement surgery, whose cost must be borne by the manufacturers whose negligence caused the victim's injury. A skilled Kentucky shoulder pain pump lawyer can fight to gain such financial recovery.

Instead of soothing a shoulder surgery patient in Kentucky or elsewhere, some shoulder pain pumps intended to help instead cause great harm through irreversible cartilage damage. Victims then face severe pain and often are unable to sit or stand without agony. Such victims must be compensated financially for their medical bills, for lost wages from missed time at work and for their pain and suffering. Their severe pain must be remedied, and the financial means for doing so may require hiring an experienced Kentucky shoulder pain pump lawyer.

People in Kentucky and throughout the United States are being injured by defective shoulder pain pump devices due to the fact that some manufacturers of such medical devices have improperly advised doctors on how to use the device. If a shoulder pain pump catheter is inserted directly into the shoulder joint upon arthroscopic shoulder surgery, the device can provoke a painful malady named postarthroscopic glenhumeral chondrolysis, or PAGCL. This injury produces deteriorated cartilage and causes agonizing pain in the victim.

DISCLAIMER: Jim S. Adler & Associates is not licensed in Kentucky. However, the law firm works with outside attorneys and local lawyers to litigate claims for Kentucky as needed.