If you or a loved one had hip revision surgery to repair, replace or remove a Smith & Nephew hip implant prosthesis, you may be entitled to recover financial compensation from a Smith & Nephew hip replacement lawsuit case or settlement claim.
A team of medical device injury lawyers and class action attorneys is investigating potential lawsuit cases and settlement claims of individuals who suffered injuries or complications in connection with their Smith & Nephew hip replacement prosthesis, including hip revision surgery to repair, replace or remove the Smith & Nephew hip implant.
Smith & Nephew Hip Replacement Lawsuit Cases
Smith & Nephew hip replacement lawsuit and settlement cases potentially being investigated include claims of individuals who had hip revision surgery to repair, remove or replace a Smith & Nephew hip implant, prosthesis, or artificial hip joint, including the following:
- Smith & Nephew Birmingham Total Hip Replacement
- Smith & Nephew R3 Metal-On-Metal Hip Replacement
- Smith & Nephew Emperion Stem
- Smith & Nephew Modular SMF
- Smith & Nephew REDAPT Modular Neck Femoral Stems
Certain Smith & Nephew hip lawsuits filed in federal district courts were consolidated and/or transferred into an MDL entitled In re Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL Case No. 2775 (District of Maryland).
Smith & Nephew Hip Implant Injury Claims
Smith & Nephew hip injury cases potentially being investigated include claims of individuals who had a Smith & Nephew hip implant and suffered serious injuries or complications, including:
- Surgery to revise, repair or replace the hip prosthesis
- Revision surgery for metallosis
- Revision surgery for fractures
- Corrosion of modular neck junction
- Loosening of hip implant
- Dislocation of hip implant
- Pain walking or unable to walk
- Pain rising from a seated position
- Pain with weight bearing
- Metal toxicity, metallosis or metal blood poisoning
- High levels of titanium or cobalt-chromium
- High cytotoxicity levels
- Feeling like joint slipped or moved
- Popping or squeaking noises in hips
- Swelling near hip or groin
- Lumps near hip replacement
- Necrosis (premature tissue death)
- Osteolysis or bone loss
- Fractures of bones
- Damage to central nervous system
- Infection
- Death
- Other hip replacement injury cases
If you or a loved one suffered injury or complications relating to a Smith & Nephew hip implant, including surgery to repair, replace or remove the hip prosthesis, you may be entitled to compensation from a Smith & Nephew hip replacement lawsuit or settlement. Contact a hip implant injury lawyer to request a free case review.
*If you or a loved one are experiencing health issues, side effects or complications from a medical device, we urge you to promptly consult with your doctor or physician for an evaluation.
**The listing of a company (Smith & Nephew) or product (i.e., Birmingham Total Hip Replacement, R3 Metal-On-Metal Hip Replacement, Emperion Stem, Modular SMF or REDAPT Modular Neck Femoral Stem, etc.) is not meant to state or imply that the company acted illegally or improperly or that the product is unsafe or defective; rather only that an investigation may be, is or was being conducted to determine whether legal rights have been violated.
***The use of any trademarks, tradenames or service marks is solely for product identification and/or informational purposes.
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