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Title: Personal Injury Lawyer in Tampa Discusses Hip Joint Legislation Issues

SUMMARY: In mid-2012, patients who had received a Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck hip steps were informed the manufacturer had approve a recall on the
components. Since then, even more information has come out from Stryker stating that even patients who do not display symptoms such as pair or swelling, are still at
risk for metallosis.

As ominous as its name sounds, metallosis is a form of metal poisoning found with chromium and cobalt. These materials were used to manufacture the artificial hip replacers, and now it has been proven they are subject to corrosion and leeching into the body.

Many Florida injury attorneys are now dealing with a plentiful amount of wrongful death suits, and are left wondering what exactly went wrong. Some like Attorney Cal Warriner and family law practices like Roman & Roman in Tampa believe the problem lies within current legislation.

The United States currently does not have an effective joint replacement registry as is found in other nations like Australia. In fact, there is actually a short cut process put in place by the FDA. This allows a manufacturer to bypass particular mandates if it can demonstrate their product is more or less equivocal to a product already FDA approved. These bypasses may include clinical trials and scientific research that later ends up being very important as an end result.

How exactly does this happen? In the U.S., the FDA is funded largely by manufacturers also seeking its approval. Since there is little in the way of funding or staff resources to thoroughly examine every single product proposal, the FDA will sometimes comply with major manufacturers (aka financial backers) to save time and expense.

Meanwhile, other countries have a registry maintained mostly by the government – allowing funding to be distributed to the proper channels and for problems with products to be identified far earlier than what has happened here in the states. In fact, Australia was already sounding the bell on Stryker years before the U.S. stopped using them in surgery.

As lawmakers push for more regulations and less “short cuts” when it comes to hip joint legislation issues, many are still recovering from the devastating after effects of
medical malpractice via Stryker’s products. If you or someone you love is the victim of malpractice, contact a personal injury lawyer in Tampa as soon as possible. The pre-suit steps are tricky and you may not ever reach the courts if they are not executed properly. An experienced lawyer will hear your case and take the best course of action. While there is no guarantee a lawsuit will be successful, you owe it to yourself or your injured family member to give it a try. Until laws change to regulate more strongly on such an issue as hip joint registries, legal assistance will be your best defense.

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