Epidural Injection

Epidural anesthesia includes local anesthesia and is oftentimes utilized within surgical procedures and childbirth conducted underneath the ribcage. While usually effective and safe, epidural anesthesia complications could be severe and possibly life threatening.

Florida Epidural Injection Medical Malpractice Attorney

It’s recommended to hire a lawyer in a malpractice case for legal representation as your special circumstances will be critical as to whether the medical malpractice case is worthwhile in proceeding with. If you sense you’ve been victim to medical negligence and suffered substantially due to it, contact an attorney to determine the proper course of action. 

Levine & Glassman, P.A. is dedicated to helping individuals affected by complications related to epidural injections. Call (954) 332-6100 or send an online message to begin discussing your case and exploring your legal options with an experienced Florida medical malpractice attorney.

Epidural Injection Process

Epidural anesthesia, as with all medical procedures isn’t without complications and risks and might occur with anybody. The issue of whether an anesthesiologist was at fault isn’t always concise and must be talked about with a legal expert if you’re ready to travel down that road. Keep in mind that there could be a lot of emotional strain involved with litigation and it must be considered.

Anesthetic drugs will be given through needles or additional tubes inserted within your spinal column. The needle will be inserted in order for it to puncture your spinal column and come to a rest within the epidural area, right outside the sac which contains your spinal cord. Drugs will be dispensed within this epidural area in which they’ll act in blocking pain sensations. For this purpose, epidural anesthesia will also be referred to as the epidural block.

Nurses, anesthesiologists, doctors and additional healthcare experts are taught to utilize the "4 P’s" while conducting epidural anesthesia:

Preparation

The correct needle has to be chosen. A few needles will be designed to give a dose of anesthetics, additional ones deliver a continual flow of medicine.

Position

For the adults, prone position (upon stomach) is usually utilized. Furthermore, one pillow might be put underneath the stomach to aid this procedure.

Projection and Puncture

The physician or additional healthcare expert decides where to put in the needle. As inserted, the healthcare expert cautiously advances this needle until it will enter the epidural area. If this needle’s inserted too far, it could puncture the sac that encases the spinal cord which is a result of doctor negligence.

Severe complications related to epidural anesthesia involve:

• Pain because of improper dose of anesthetic, anesthetic allergy reactions causing nausea, fever and vomiting;
• Paralysis caused by medical negligence advancement of a needle (hematoma induced nerve damage or subarachnoid puncture) or via toxic reactions to anesthetic, breathing difficulties, arachnoiditis, cardiac arrest, seizures, loss of consciousness, dizziness, brain hemorrhage because of long-run csf leak, meningitis, cauda equine syndrome or death.

If you’ve suffered serious trauma because of a medical mistake or negligent administering of epidural anesthesia, it might be vital that you contact a lawyer to assist you in protecting your legal rights.

Levine & Glassman, P.A. | Epidural Lawyers

Whether the epidural injection was intended to facilitate childbirth or aid in other surgical matters, you should not have to suffer for the negligence of healthcare professionals. The medical bills, permanent or temporary lifestyle changes, and potential disruption of an important moment in your family's life can be stressful. Call (954) 332-6100 to speak with a Florida medical malpractice attorney about your case today.