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Re: medtronic spinal cord stimulator
Posted by pam on 9/09/08

    On 5/26/08, Bob wrote:
    > On October 26, 07 I had a trial put in. For 3 days I was in Intense
    > pain. Had them removed, and my wife saw puss around the leads, was
    > told it was antibotic treatment. Went home, that morning at 2 A.M.
    > I was rushed to the hospital, White cell count was 11,300,and was
    > sent home. THat same day had an emergency MRI, was told to proceed
    > to a trauma center, do not go home. Took 6 hours to find out what
    > was wrong, was told I would be on I.v. treatment for a few days.
    > Well the next morning, I had a Laminectomy and was told about a cup
    > of liquified puss came out. Was in for 6 day with drains. Had a
    > Pic line, which got blood clotted, now I have been recommended to
    > have this voo doo stretching to stretch out my bones, Last night I
    > was in the hospital with what I thought was kidney stones, it was
    > not, possible never damage. I am only 54 and been active all my
    > life. NEVER GET AN EPIDURAL! Apparently this all stemmed from a
    > dirty needle. My life is just about over, I can't do anything, just
    > lay down all day. On blood thinners since November and scared to go
    > off. The hospital stated I had MSSA, in November, but in December
    > it is now showing up on med reports that it was MRSA. I am in worse
    > pain than I ever was before. Take heed, no epidurals and No
    > stimulator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    > My stimulator has been great I have had it since 2006
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > On 12/14/06, Larry Singleton wrote:
    >> On 12/14/06, Larry Singleton wrote:
    >>
    >> Re: MEDTRONICS SPINAL STIMULATOR
    >> Posted by Larry Singleton on 11/30/06
    >>
    >> on 11/20/06, Larry Singleton wrote:
    >>
    >> I had the Medtronics pain stimulator installed in Jan of 2005, and
    >> from the very instant I got in recovery, the unit would not work
    >> properly. By that, I mean I had to position my body by either
    >> flexing or extending my lower back to get the unit to work at all.
    >> Also sometimes, it would hurt all the way up into my stomach and
    >> chest cavity. When the unit did that, the next 3 or 4 days felt
    >> like I had a severe stomach strain and my chest area hurt so bad
    > it
    >> felt like I had broken ribs. I guess it was because the muscles in
    >> those areas were getting shocked by the unit and caused the pain.
    >>
    >> My Dr. told me that the wires just needed to scar into place.
    >> After another month, I saw my Dr. again, and he said that due to
    >> postering and positional problems of the leads, he needed to do a
    >> laminindectomy and install another set of leads that have paddles
    >> on the end of the wires to correct the problem. I also was
    >> beginning to have some pain in my right hip where he installed the
    >> Stimulator unit.
    >>
    >> He said that it would take approx. 4-6 weeks before he could put
    >> the new paddles in the thoracic area of my spine, which would be
    > in
    >> late April. He installed the new leads on April 19,2006. On May
    >> the 17th, I was admitted into the hosptal with a blood pressure of
    >> 60 over 40 and was diagnosed with a Aureas MRSA staph infection
    > and
    >> they had to take the battery out and perform a debridement of the
    >> skin, suncutaneous tissue, muscle and bone of my right hip. I got
    >> out 10 days later.
    >>
    >> The infectious disease Dr. put a PIC line in my right arm that
    > went
    >> all the way in the vena cavae of my heart. I then had to do 2 IV
    >> injections a day for 3 months that took approx. 30-45 minutes for
    >> the medicine to completely dispense. In July they removed the PIC
    >> line and then told me I had to take more antibiotics for 42 more
    >> days to be sure that they totally got rid of the infection.
    >>
    >> On Aug. 31,2006 my back started getting warm again, and when I
    > went
    >> in to see the Dr., they drained 3 large syringes of fluid out of
    > my
    >> lower back and right side. I was put in the hospital again for the
    >> same infection, and this time the Dr. took the leads out that he
    >> left in, because the infection was spreading to my upper back.
    >> They did the same debridement procedure again from my thoracic
    > area
    >> down to my hip and installed another PIC line in my arm for
    > another
    >> 6 weeks of IV antibiotics at home. In Sept., they had to drain the
    >> fluid another time and said this was normal with the infection I
    >> had.
    >>
    >> Basially, the Dr. told me that because I am big boned in my spinal
    >> canal area, that the leads just could not scar into place, and he
    >> said that he could not do anything else for me. At this time, I
    >> also told him that where he installed the pain stimulator in my
    >> hip, that I now had a bony growth that was growing down the right
    >> side of my spine. They just said iy was from previous surgeries
    >> that I had where they took donor bone out to do a couple of
    >> fusions. I told him that the growth was not there until after the
    >> spine stimulator had been implanted. He blew me off. It is now
    >> appox. 3-4 inches long, approx. 3/4 to 1 inch wide and about 3/4
    > of
    >> an inch high.
    >>
    >> I have done some research on my own, and I would like to know if
    >> anybody else has gone through this same thing, and has anybody
    > else
    >> had the stimulator installed in their hip instead of their side.
    >> The Medtronics literature says to never install the unit in the
    > hip
    >> area.
    >>
    >> It is now Nov. 30th, and my new Dr's. are going to do what should
    >> have been done in the first place and fix 2 broken fusions that
    > the
    >> other Dr. did not know about.
    >>
    >> Also, this happened at Texas Back Institute in Plano, Texas which
    > I
    >> found out is owned 51 &37; by Medtronics.
    >>
    >> Ain't that something!
    >>
    >> Larry Singleton
    >> larsingle@aol.com
    >>
    >>
    >> On 11/28/06, Millard wrote:
    >>> 11/28/06 I am so relieved to hear someone else has had similar
    >>> problems with the stimulator I had an incident where the co.
    >>> rep. mishandled the programer and had a very sever shock and it
    >>> has left me with pain in new area and I think nerve damage the
    >>> Dr. also said it should resolve itself, well 5 yrs. later it
    >>> still the same. I would like to hear from anyone with similar
    >>> problem Millard
    >>>
    >>> On 5/08/06, janis wrote:
    >>>> On 5/07/06, Michele wrote:
    >>>>> On 4/19/06, Janis wrote:
    >>>>>> Has any one had this implant turn on with out the remote
    >>>>>> and causing stimulation through out the whole body? If so
    >>>>>> could you please let me know by e-mailing me.
    >>>>> nfler4@msn.com
    >>>>> Janis,
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Yes I only had the scs for about 7 months but two different
    >>>>> times in the middle of the night it shocked my whole body
    >>>>> and I thought I was going to die I was able to move just
    >>>>> enough to grab the remote and shut it off. I thought for
    >>>>> sure I at least had nerve damage because it was like being
    >>>>> stuck by lighting. O f course I called the doc the next day
    >>>>> and he said it was no big deal (like I was being a big baby)
    >>>>> and there is no way it can damage you. After all I went
    >>>>> through with the scs I very much doubt that is the truth.
    >>>>> You can see my post from 5/6/06. I believe he lied and
    >>>>> changed his story about the scs all the time and now I need
    >>>>> an MRI becasue my spinal surgeon (not the same person)
    >>>>> believes that I have spinal cord damage from the wires. I
    >>>>> am now wondering if and how I should go about getting a
    >>>>> lawyer, Thank god I found this site and I would tell anyone
    >>>>> to think it over very carefully before getting one. I am
    >>>>> sure it helps some people (not enough to have it on the
    >>>>> market) but at what cost, drugs are far more safer in my
    >>>>> opinion.
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Michele
    >>>>
    >>>> Michele.
    >>>> Could you please let me know your permanent nerve damage.
    >>> Also
    >>>> did you have the implant out and do you have the original
    >>>> implant that they took out? I'll let you know about the legal
    >>>> end.
    >>>> Thank you for responding,
    >>>> Janis

     
     

 
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