Shoulder Pain Pump

A shoulder pain pump is a small device developed recently to deliver pain medication (bupivacaine, epinephrine) directly into the shoulder joint through a small flexible plastic tube called a catheter.

According to a recent study published by The American Journal of Sports Medicine the intra-articular pain pumps is identified as cause of a condition known as Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis. Currently there are numbers of others studies underway to confirm these findings.

What is Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis
Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis (PAGCL) is a specific type of chondrolysis that is associated with pain pumps and shoulder surgery. It is a loss of cartilage in the shoulder after shoulder surgery. PAGCL is associated with the use of an intra-articular pain pump catheter implanted in the shoulder joint by the surgeon during the shoulder surgery.

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