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September, 2016 - Patients across the United States are receiving letters from their Orthopedic Surgeons or Stryker (or a company hired by Stryker) regarding serious safety risks due to certain femoral heads used in a variety of hip implant systems. This letter could mean compensation for you or a loved one.
It is important that you know Stryker is facing serious consequences due to the device failure, therefore, they are not on your side. You will need an attorney experienced in complex medical defective device litigation to protect your rights to compensation for your injuries. Compensation could include medical expenses, pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of consortium, wage loss, and more.
Many patients have been forced to have emergency revision surgeries and others are experiencing debilitating pain. Other devastating side effects that have been reported are device corrosion, device heads breaking free from the hip system, metal poisoning and more.
STRYKER’S LATEST RECALL – LFIT ANATOMIC COCR V40 FEMORAL HEADS
Just as Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II hip system lawsuits wind down with a settlements of $1.4 billion, the medical device manufacturing giant issued a recall of certain LFIT V40 cobalt-chromium femoral heads used in a wide range of hip implant systems, including Rejuvenate and ABG II, exposing them to further claims of negligence (see complete list of hip implant systems below). The recalled femoral heads were manufactured prior to 2011.
There have been devastating side effects for some patients, including “spontaneous dissociation” which requires painful, invasive revision surgery to correct. Spontaneous dissociation is the terminology used by surgeons when they find such significant corrosion that the LFIT head has actually broken free from the femoral stem. With or without spontaneous dissociation, many patients have experienced metal poisoning when metal ions release into the body as the device corrodes. When this happens, serious systemic damage can occur.
If you or someone you love have received one of the hip implant systems below, please contact our office immediately as it may include one of the LFIT V40 femoral heads in question.
If you or someone you love have received one of the hip implant systems below, please contact our office immediately.
Rejuvenate
ABGII
Accolate
Citation
Meridian
Exeter
Reliance
Definition
Restoration
Harm to a patient who has received one of these implant systems may include:
joint instability
loss of mobility
inflammation
disclocation
pain
loosening implant
revision surgery
metal poisoning
and more
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