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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Rejuvenate – What Are The Medical Problems?
A total hip replacement (THR) is performed about 400,000 times a year in the U.S. An aging population will turn to a THR to correct inflammatory degenerative joint disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, to correct a deformity that affections function, to address osteoarthritis, or to fix painful hip dysplasia. Increasingly the THR is being performed…
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Move to Consolidate Stryker Lawsuits
Searcy Denney had been consulting with injured hip replacement patients even before the July recall of the Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II hip prosthesis. Since then our firm has joined a petition to have our plaintiff’s cases consolidated in a New Jersey state court in multicounty litigation. Much like multidistrict litigation (MDL) that consolidates civil…
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Complaints About the Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Implant Even Before the Recall
Unfortunately, a growing number of American baby boomers are facing the need at some time in their life of a hip replacement. Whether due to osteoarthritis in the hip joint, rheumatoid arthritis, osteonecrosis or a death of the bone in joints, injury of a hip joint, or a bone tumor, upward of 500,000 hips are…
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Stryker Rejuvenate – What Went Wrong
Last June 27 and 28th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) convened an expert panel of orthopedic surgeons. They were gathered to discuss whether the medical community should continue to trust the technology of metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacements. The group concluded there were few reasons to continue using MoM hips; too many patients had…
Monthly Archives: October 2012
As Predicted, Stryker Removes First Case Filed in Florida State Court
Prior to September 4, 2012, every case filed against Stryker or its subsidiary Howmedica Osteonics for Rejuvinate hip implant failures had been filed in New Jersey state court. But, on that date, Jaimie Simon’s case was filed by her lawyers in Broward County, Florida state court. As expected, on October 2, 2012 Stryker removed the…
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Stryker’s Post Recall Conduct – Adding Insult to Injury
In July of 2012, Stryker recalled its Rejuvenate and ABG II hip implants. Recipients of the device have reportedly suffered heavy metal poisoning both in the tissues surrounding the hip and in the bloodstream. Unlike DePuy, Stryker has not implemented a plan to efficiently and transparently promise victims of its defective and recalled device that…
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