Re: medtronic spinal screws broke

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On 4/01/09, Joyce Hoover wrote:
> My wife had spine surgery two years ago recently pain had
> us back to the surgron only to find out two medtronic
> screws have broken off in her back. Now they want to redo
> surgery with no one helping with expenses, can this really
> be right is no one liable

Joyce I have had 1 screw broke & they repaired it only after
going through hell for one year, the origanal dr. didnt
believe something was wrong, told me it was in my head,
found another dr. that seem the broken screw, I have so many
problems with my spine now because of the damage it caused,
I am on strong medicince just to get through the day. Please
email back & this was a medtronic titaium screw.