I had a total hip replacement (b)(6) 2008.The implants were stryker cormet cup 5/54mm, lot # lhr1, cat# /serial # (b)(4); stryker accolate tmzf hip stem 4.5, lot / batch# 25387501, catalog / serial # (b)(4); stryker 5/46mm -4mm unipolar head (one professional told me that was really a bi-polar head, i'm taking the info from the digital implant report.) lot #/ batch # lkjs, cat # / serial # (b)(4); #4 v-40 c-taper adapter sleeve,lot # / batch # 35937604, cat # / serial # (b)(4).Serious problems started in (b)(6) 2013.My surgeon dr (b)(6), told me for 4 years my hip was fine, my pain had to be from my back which he said had inoperable arthritis.Dr (b)(6) retired in 2018, so i saw a different orthopedic surgeon.He immediately recognized the symptoms and ordered the proper, necessary tests to confirm the diagnosis of faulty.Failed hip, large pseudotumor, high levels of chromium and cobalt in the blood serum.I was in excruciating pain for years and suffered numerous health problems including an unexplained heart attack (b)(6) 2017.I had hip replacement revision surgery (b)(6) 2018.My surgeon was dr (b)(6).Large pseudo tumor on hip, metallosis from severe cobalt and chromium poisoning which led to a host of health problems including a heart attack.
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Add'l info received on 04/16/2019 from reporter for report number mw5085656.Pt states her digital implant sheet describes her implant as a "unipolar head" which is used for hemi-arthroplasties, yet she had a total hip implant.She is worried that the wrong implant might have been used in her procedure.She also believes this device was recalled while still implanted.She has since had a revision, which she mentioned in her initial report, however she is still awaiting on the analysis from the mfr.
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