Sufferers of defective shoulder pain pump agony in Louisiana and elsewhere in the United States have a legal option through a shoulder pain pump lawsuit versus the manufacturers which are to blame for their suffering. To this date, such shoulder pain pump litigation actions have been aimed at I-Flow Corp. and Stryker Corp., which create the devices, along with the makers of the anesthetics bupivacaine and epinephrine used in the devices. Patients injured by a shoulder pain pump avow that these manufacturers were remiss in making sufficient safety studies, and moreover did not warn physicians as to the danger of using a shoulder pain pump incorrectly.

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 Louisiana shoulder pain pump lawyer can fight to gain such financial recovery.

In a best-case scenario, a shoulder pain pump should decrease pain subsequent to arthroscopic shoulder surgery in Louisiana or in another state. Such medical devices are produced as a way to provide intermittent doses of medication to an injured shoulder after surgery. However some shoulder pain pumps are deficient or are engaged in a hurtful way. These shoulder pain pump devices can produce agonizing pain in the sufferer.

People in Louisiana 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 Louisiana. However, the law firm works with outside attorneys and local lawyers to litigate claims for Louisiana as needed.