January 28, 2016 - What Went Wrong with the Stryker Rejuvenate? Following the hip recall, more research was done in order to determine exactly what went wrong with the Stryker hip devices. At the time of the recall, Stryker admitted the corrosion and fretting that could occur in the devices could result in the release of tiny cobalt and chromium ions. These ions could burrow deeply in to the hip tissues, or enter the bloodstream, leading to symptoms of Stryker hip metallosis or Stryker hip blood poisoning. Later, it was found that Stryker hip cross-ionization could also be a factor in the failure of the Rejuvenate...

January 21, 2016 - Metal Hip Pseudotumors - While the primary issues most people have heard about regarding the recalled Stryker ABGII and Rejuvenate hip implants are metallosis and metal toxicity, Stryker hip pseudotumors are also a fairly common occurrence among those with a metal hip implant. Pseudotumors appear to occur more often among patients who are especially sensitive to heavy metals, such as the cobalt and chromium used in the Stryker ABGII and Rejuvenate...

January 15, 2016 - Finding the Best Surgeon for Your Stryker Rejuvenate Revision Surgery - If Stryker Rejuvenate revision surgery sounds very complicated, it certainly can be. You may well wonder which surgeon you should choose to handle your Stryker Rejuvenate revision surgery. Unfortunately, simply picking an orthopedic surgeon out of the phone book is not sufficient, and the only way to...

January 06, 2015 - Symptoms of Cobalt and Chromium Blood Poisoning - When the metal parts of the Stryker Rejuvenate or ABGII rub against one another during periods of activity, this is known as Stryker hip corrosion and fretting and can lead to tiny metal ions being released into the bloodstream and in the hip tissues...pain, degradation and death of tissue and bone, hip implant failure and the necessity of Stryker revision surgery.

December 26, 2015 - What if You are an Unrevised Claimant? - As you can see, there are many factors associated with the Stryker hip settlement, and if you are one of the plaintiffs who has not undergone revision surgery, you may wonder whether you are left without options should you develop adverse Stryker symptoms in the future. In fact, in April 2015, the judge in the MDL Stryker case ruled that...