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Hip Replacement Recall Lawsuit

Serious Injuries Have Been Linked To
Stryker and Other Hip Replacements

You May Be Entitled to Compensation if Injured

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Hip Replacement Lawsuit

Thousands of hip replacement implants have been linked to fracture, disassociation, corrosion, muscle and tissue damage, and other complications, resulting in many recipients needing new implants and multiple revision surgeries.

In metal-on-metal hip implants, the metal ball and the metal cup slide against each other during walking or running. Metal can also be released from other parts of the implant where two implant components connect. Metal release will cause some tiny metal particles to wear off of the device around the implant, which may cause damage to bone and/or soft tissue surrounding the implant and joint. This is sometimes referred to as an "adverse local tissue reaction (ALTR)" or an "adverse reaction to metal debris (ARMD)."

Soft tissue damage may lead to pain, implant loosening, device failure and the need for revision surgery (a surgical procedure where the implant is removed and another is put in its place). Some of the metal ions released will enter the bloodstream and travel to other parts of the body, where they may cause symptoms or illnesses elsewhere in the body (systemic reactions).

Complications & Symptoms May Include:

 
  • Osteolysis (bone loss)
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  • Bone fractures
  • Chromium poisoning and toxicity
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  • Broken device
  • Cobalt poisoning and toxicity
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  • Chronic pain when standing or walking
  • Metallosis
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  • Dislocation of the femoral head from the stem
  • Inflammation
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  • Fretting (wear) and corrosion at the neck junction
  • Periprosthetic fracture
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  • Instability
  • Necrosis (tissue death)
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  • Joint loosening or dislocation
  • Loss of mobility
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  • Squeaking, clicking, and popping sounds
  • Revision surgery
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  • Rashes
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  • Adverse local tissue reactions
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    Hip Replacement Implants Involved in Possible Lawsuits:

     

    DePuy Orthopaedics

  • ASR
  • Pinnacle
  • Zimmer Holdings

  • Durom
  • Versys
  • M/L Taper Kinectiv
  • Stryker Orthopaedics

  • LFIT V40 Cobalt Chromium heads
  • ABG II
  • Rejuvenate
  • Biomet

  • M2a 38mm/ Magnum
  • Wright Medical Technology

  • Conserve
  • Profemur
  • Smith & Nephew

  • R3
  • SMF
  • OMNI

  • Apex Arc
  • DJO

  • Encore

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    Contact our hip replacement lawyers to review whether you or a loved one may be entitled to financial compensation. Levy Konigsberg LLP is currently accepting hip replacement injury cases in all 50 states.

    If you or a loved one suffered serious injury after having a hip replacement, you may be entitled to a cash award and compensation for medical expenses. For a free confidential consultation with lawyers at our law firm, please call 1-866-992-5279 or submit an email inquiry above.

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