News by Elizabeth Richards

Pain pump malfunction saves officer’s right shoulder

When a 37-year-old canine officer injured both of her shoulders after a fall at work, she sought shoulder surgery to fix her injuries and to relieve the pain she suffered. Multiple procedures were performed on both shoulders, most of which I can’t even pronounce, and postoperative pain pumps were administered to both shoulders following the surgery.  The problems she suffered in the future were not something she had bargained for.

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Steps to prevent shoulder injuries

Imagine a 16-year–old athlete being told that a shoulder surgery that was supposed to relieve his problems has caused permanent damage to his , and it will never be the same. Any hopes of being normal again, or pursuing an athletic career, are gone. The damage is done.

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The pump that doesn’t ease the pain

Through arthroscopic shoulder surgery, patients hope for better use of their and to put an end to their pain. The expectations of the surgery include alleviating patients’ problems, and for their post-surgical pain to be eased through pain pumps. While the problems initially might have been alleviated through surgery, it was the pump to ease the pain after the surgery that brought the patients back with more pain and suffering than before.

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