Stryker Hip Replacement Metal Blood Poisoning Lawsuit Filed Over Accolade, LFit v40 Components

• JessiMay 3, 2017 at 5:40 am

  My mother had two artificial hips. She got the first hip replaced in 1999, and the second hip replaced in 2003 (ish). She also had to have revision surgery on one of these, as at one point it became dislocated. She wound up suffering a great deal of pain in this region of her body (hips/back/legs) throughout the rest of her life. In 2015, my mom died two weeks after undergoing aortic valve replac[Show More]My mother had two artificial hips. She got the first hip replaced in 1999, and the second hip replaced in 2003 (ish). She also had to have revision surgery on one of these, as at one point it became dislocated. She wound up suffering a great deal of pain in this region of her body (hips/back/legs) throughout the rest of her life. In 2015, my mom died two weeks after undergoing aortic valve replacement surgery. She was only 67, in relatively good health (normal weight, no smoking, no drinking, no drugs, low blood pressure, etc) and had not been considered a 'high risk' patient. The surgeon said that in 30 years of performing the procedure, he had never encountered the kind of post-surgical symptoms like my mother exhibited, including extreme delirium, hypertrophy, joint pain, and muscle weakness. The autopsy report concluded that her death was not the result of surgical error, with the cause of death ultimately being attributed to 'multi-organ system failure'. Eventually, hoping to figure out what went wrong, and why my mom died, I collected a sample from her hairbrush, and sent it to a toxicology lab. What they discovered was so shocking that the lab receptionist told me that she could not release the test results to me until she consulted with an attorney, as the findings went 'significantly beyond normal parameters'. In total, 21 heavy metal poisons were detected in my mother's hair sample - eight of which were as much as SIX TIMES ABOVE the 'HIGH LEVEL' demarcation. Of all the toxic metals detected in her hair sample - CHROMIUM was among the highest. Cobalt was there as well, but at less dangerous levels (although I have since come to understand that toxins combine to have a 'synergistic' effect on the body). Although her body was cremated, I called the pathology lab where her body was autopsied and asked that they put a 'hold' on my mom's tissue samples pending investigation, and they said that they would do so. (As her husband - rather than myself - is listed as my mother's 'next of kin' in the hospital records, I was told that I would need a court injunction in order to get the samples tested). Unfortunately, the doctors conducting the autopsy were apparently solely concerned with the condition of the internal organs. The report makes no mention of her hips - or the two metal implants - at all. ( As the saline implants in her breasts ARE listed - this leads me to think that, rather than conducting a thorough examination, the pathologist(s) performing the autopsy probably figured that limited investigation would suffice). After a great deal of research on both the autopsy findings, and the toxicology results, and strongly believe that my mother's post-surgical symptoms, and eventual death, were the result of chronic heavy metal intoxication. Many of the findings in the autopsy report not only include symptoms unassociated with heart disease, but in some cases are in word-for-word alignment with descriptions of typical poison morphologies. I don't know what - if anything - can be done about any of this - but I do know that the poison found in my mother's hair sample came from somewhere. As heavy metal toxins are initially subtle and bioaccumulate over time, those exposed to such poisons rarely ever realize to what extent their health has been compromised. Should one of you attorneys out there know of some way I might go about getting this matter more thoroughly investigated - I am willing to consider any suggestions you may have. Thanks Jess

• howardMarch 7, 2017 at 1:35 am

  pain in left hip ,and lower back. dr natazerian did replacement march 3rd 2008. it was done at penna hospital (3Bs)