Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians complaint alleges spinal-cord injury after cervical epidural injection
The complaint alleges that Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians providers fell below the standard of care while treating a 63-year-old patient with cervical epidural steroid injections and nerve block procedures. Providers did not properly inform the patient of risks, conduct adequate examinations, use proper sedation, or respond to signs that the needle had entered the spinal cord. The patient suffered catastrophic spinal cord injury and permanent neurological deficits.
Overview
This page concerns cervical epidural steroid injections and nerve block procedures at Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians, where the complaint alleges failures in informed consent, examination, sedation, and response to warning signs that the needle had entered the patient’s spinal cord.
Chronology
The complaint alleges as follows:
- Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians treated the patient, age 63.
- During cervical epidural steroid injections and nerve block procedures, the doctors allegedly failed to properly inform the patient of the risks and failed to conduct adequate examinations.
- The doctors also allegedly used improper sedation and ignored signs that the needle had entered the patient’s spinal cord.
- The patient suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury and permanent neurological deficits.
Alleged failures
The complaint alleges the following failures:
- Providers allegedly failed to properly inform the patient of the risks of the procedures.
- Providers allegedly failed to conduct adequate examinations and used improper sedation.
- Providers allegedly ignored signs that the needle had entered the patient’s spinal cord during the cervical epidural steroid injections and nerve block procedures.