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In July of 2012, Stryker Howmedica Corporation, a leading manufacturer of hip implant products, announced a voluntary recall of its Rejuvenate and ABG II hip implants. According to the Stryker website:

This voluntary recall was initiated due to the potential risks associated with modular-neck stems. These risks include the potential for fretting and/or corrosion…

Barry Cadden, the director and co-founder of the Massachusetts facility, New England Compounding Center, has been subpoenaed to appear at state House and Senate hearings scheduled for November 14 , 2012. The hearings will investigate how New England Compounding Center’s tainted steroids may have caused over four hundred people to contract meningitis. CDC experts and FDA of…

A properly functioning hip replacement should last between 10 to 20 years, but there is still a chance that your hip replacement could fail. In Minnesota, the risk for metal on metal hip implant failure is even higher. A registry set up by Minn…

The total hip replacement industry has been hit hard through a series of recalls involving defective hip replacement prosthetics. Most of these recalls involved what is commonly known as MOM hips, or metal-on-metal. The New England Journal of Medicine found that these metal-on-metal hips have nearly three times the failure rate of the traditional hip replacement systems….

With the 2012 recall of the Rejuvenate and ABG II products, people from around the country have been undergoing revision surgery to repair the damage done by these hip replacement systems. Until recently, Stryker had refused to assist in payment of the out-of-pocket expenses associated with these revision procedures. However, Stryker has now hired Broadspire to assist …

Over 40,000 people in the U.S. have received the type of metal on metal hip replacements that have now been recalled. A new study published in the Lancet shows that high early failure rates for all-metal implants may not be relegated to a single design or manufacturer,…

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After the 2012 recall of the Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II medical devices, people throughout Minnesota and specifically Mankato, MN have required revision surgery to repair the damage caused by these hip replacement systems. After initially refusing to pay for revision procedures, Stryker is now working with third-part…

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In July of 2012, Stryker Orthopaedics recalled the Rejuvenate and the ABG II modular-neck hip stems after complaints of infection, pain and complicated revision surgeries.

With net sales over 8.7 billion dollars, Stryker Orthopaedics is responsible for over 25% of all U.S. hip and knee implants.

In July of 2012, Stryker Orthopaedics recalled two of their hip replacement models, both the Rejuvenate Modular and ABG II modular-neck hip stems. These systems, along with other brands of metal-on-metal hip replacement systems, have been linked to infections, soreness, squeaking joints, and other serious health issues.

But what if you’re not experiencing any of…

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Most people who were implanted with either the rejuvenate or EBG2 implant, the two recalled devices—most people received a letter from their physician by now, alerting them to that fact and asking them to come in and have an evaluation; and the evaluation typically involves a blood test. The blood test will check for the levels of chromium and cobalt in the …