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Is Lung Puncture Normal During Trigger Point Injection Procedure?
a friend of mine recently had trigger point injections for her chronic neck and back pain. during the procedure her lung was punctured , about 5 minutes after being released chest pain started and she was unable to breath. being rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital E R, she was told the Dr. performing the procedure had punctured her left lung causing it to collapse . It took 6 days and 3 chest tubes for the puncture to close, and she is currently under 6 weeks of home health care. Is this common for this procedure?
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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This is not common but this is known and described complication of this procedure which can't be avoided in some cases. and this is not considered as doctors mistakes. It is important that everything went well at the end.
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This is not common but this is known and described complication of this procedure which can't be avoided in some cases. and this is not considered as doctors mistakes. It is important that everything went well at the end.
I hope I have answered your query. I wish you a nice day.
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