Legal Opinion
Lyles v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, USA, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 11, 2017No. 16-30517 Consolidated w/ 16-31044PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH STARRETT, District judge:
Appellant Bryant Lyles was admitted to LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport (“LSUHSC”) on May 9, 2013, and underwent anterior corpectomy and discectomy surgery on May 10, 2013. A Verte-Stack implant, a vertebral body replacement device, was placed in Lyles’s cervical spine, along with Progenix, a putty-like bone graft material that was mixed with bone dust. An Atlantis Translations Anterior Cervical Plate System (“Atlantis Plate”) was also implanted to stabilize the Verte-Stack and the vertebral bodies and to promote fusion. Some time after the surgery, the…
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