Tennessee-
My mother has back surgery about 3 years ago. about 8 or 9 months ago she started having really bad pain and total loss of feeling in her right leg. She went back to her dr several times because of the pain and they put her on different medications trying to help her. Well in late March or early April , the discovered that one of the titanium screws used in her fusion had broke and was laying on a nerve. They did another surgery on May 2nd and she has still been in alot of pain and the numbness has came back , but this time it is in her left leg. She went back to the dr on 9-8-11 and they have discovered that one of the screws that was put in during the surgery on 5-2-11 has broke. And they are once again suggesting surgery. Does she have any legal recourse against the manufacturer of the screws that are being used?
Thanks!
My mother has back surgery about 3 years ago. about 8 or 9 months ago she started having really bad pain and total loss of feeling in her right leg. She went back to her dr several times because of the pain and they put her on different medications trying to help her. Well in late March or early April , the discovered that one of the titanium screws used in her fusion had broke and was laying on a nerve. They did another surgery on May 2nd and she has still been in alot of pain and the numbness has came back , but this time it is in her left leg. She went back to the dr on 9-8-11 and they have discovered that one of the screws that was put in during the surgery on 5-2-11 has broke. And they are once again suggesting surgery. Does she have any legal recourse against the manufacturer of the screws that are being used?
Thanks!