Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), similar to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), issued a Hazard Alert on September 27, 2016 for Stryker LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 femoral heads. The LFIT V40 is a femoral head that orthopedic surgeons utilized in hip replacement surgeries. The Stryker LFIT V40 can be used interchangeably with Stryker’s entire product line of modular total hip replacement devices and is designed to offer a large range of offsets based on a patients’ needs. According to the Australian TGA, some LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 femoral heads have a “higher than expected incidence of taper lock failures.” The taper lock connects the femoral head and femoral neck of the hip prosthesis. If the taper lock fails, the patient can suffer severe complications including catastrophic disassociation and metallosis, resulting in the need for emergent revision surgery. These conditions can lead to the destruction of tissue in the area of the implant, causing all sorts of complications. Stryker has recently notified orthopedic surgeons who have implanted the LFIT V40 of the increased incidence of taper lock failure and ensuing complications.
The Defective Medical Product attorneys at Suthers & Harper are investigating the Stryker LFIT CoCr V40 femoral head cases on behalf of patients who were implanted with these devices and have suffered complications. These attorneys previously prosecuted cases successfully against Stryker on behalf of many patients who were surgically implanted with Stryker Rejuvenate hip replacement products, which products were recalled by the FDA because of similar complications.