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March 2009After a shoulder or knee surgery is performed, to repair damage or to ease pain due to an injury, a pain management device more commonly known as a "pain pump" may be implanted to reduce pain caused by the surgery. This device delivers a controlled and continuous dosage of local anesthetics and narcotics through a catheter. The catheter is inserted into the synovial space also referred to as the joint space. Research now indicates that these pain pumps that deliver pain medication directly to the shoulder can result in progressive destruction of shoulder cartilage or Chondrolysis.
If you have received a pain pump and have questions about a potential claim, please contact the Hausfeld LLP attorneys working on the matter, Richard S. Lewis or James J. Pizzirusso.
Practice Areas: Mass Torts
