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how often is it that you go into your doctor to get a cortizone shot in the shoulder blade area and end up in icu do to a pneumothorax
Thery are called spontaneous pheumothorox events and you are lucky you were with a physician. These can happen at any time. There was no malpractice or negligence.
It was coincidental and had nothing to do with the injection. There is a possibility it had something to do with the referred shoulder pain.
The important thing is that you were treated and recovered.
It was coincidental and had nothing to do with the injection. There is a possibility it had something to do with the referred shoulder pain.
The important thing is that you were treated and recovered.
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