Faulty hip joint

euanT

hello all,
just looking for advice about faulty hip implants. Story so far - my wife had a hip replacement 8 years ago due to arthritis(Psoriatic) and all was well until last year. She was told that there was a problem with the joint and it had to come out! I had heard about the Du Puy recall but her surgeon stated thet her hip was not that type. He stated that quote " we are having problems with ALL MoM joints" ( metal on metal)
i am just wondering if anyone else has this prob and could we sue the manufacturer for all the pain and suffering

Thanks

Richie-from-the-Boro

euanT wrote: »

hello all,
just looking for advice about faulty hip implants. Story so far - my wife had a hip replacement 8 years ago due to arthritis(Psoriatic) and all was well until last year. She was told that there was a problem with the joint and it had to come out! I had heard about the Du Puy recall but her surgeon stated thet her hip was not that type. He stated that quote " we are having problems with ALL MoM joints" ( metal on metal)
i am just wondering if anyone else has this prob and could we sue the manufacturer for all the pain and suffering

Thanks

Others might have a different view, mine is :

You can't sue the manufacturer, you can sue the NHS.

Why sue the hell out of the NHS, taking money away from other patients who are desperate for a hip joint or any other intervention. Hey if enough ' grabbers ' sue there will be no money left at all for those who are ill, and the last nurse leaving the building can switch the lights out !

MrsManda

You can speak to a solicitor about a compensation claim.
I think there are two routes to a compensation claim, either a product liability claim against the company who manufactured the joint (a bit like suing the manufacturer of your microwave if it blew up) or a clinical negligence claim against the NHS/Trust who placed the joint if it can be shown that the joint wasn't suitable for your wife (and this could be reasonably known prior to surgery) or it was incorrectly placed.
The solicitor would be able to explain which route (if either) would be most likely to yield a result and how the process works.

You need to make a judgement of whether the additional stress of a lawsuit is going to be of deteriment to your wife's health and recovery and balance this against the amount of compensation you may receive.

euanT

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

Others might have a different view, mine is :

You can't sue the manufacturer, you can sue the NHS.

Why sue the hell out of the NHS, taking money away from other patients who are desperate for a hip joint or any other intervention. Hey if enough ' grabbers ' sue there will be no money left at all for those who are ill, and the last nurse leaving the building can switch the lights out !

Wife does not wish to sue surgeon/NHS as the surgery was successful. Apparently the manufacurers of these products knew for years that there was problems with them and kept quiet for buisiness reasons, only now coming clean

Adaline

This is interesting to me as I'm going to need both hips replaced. My surgeon told me about the metal on metal, saying they might offer more flexibility afterwards. But he advised me against it as he said they haven't been around long enough to know what the long term effects may be. Could you let me know any more about it? Sorry your wife has had problems with this, I know how miserable arthritic hips are.

lyndac40

Hi Just wanted to say I had a THR done last August I am not sure but i think I read in my notes when i was in hospital that my THR was metal on ceramic I have been in sever pain since I had this op done. I have to wait until I go back to see my surgeon in September to see if there is anything he can do for me. I am sorry if your wife has to go through another op.

STOCKWIRE

euanT wrote: »

hello all,
just looking for advice about faulty hip implants. Story so far - my wife had a hip replacement 8 years ago due to arthritis(Psoriatic) and all was well until last year. She was told that there was a problem with the joint and it had to come out! I had heard about the Du Puy recall but her surgeon stated thet her hip was not that type. He stated that quote " we are having problems with ALL MoM joints" ( metal on metal)
i am just wondering if anyone else has this prob and could we sue the manufacturer for all the pain and suffering

Thanks

Sue them ? What about the Seven Pain Free Years ?

gregg1

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

Others might have a different view, mine is :

You can't sue the manufacturer, you can sue the NHS.

Why sue the hell out of the NHS, taking money away from other patients who are desperate for a hip joint or any other intervention. Hey if enough ' grabbers ' sue there will be no money left at all for those who are ill, and the last nurse leaving the building can switch the lights out !

Because these implants were put in people and those people were absolutely unaware that they were being used as guinea pigs!!!! I have a relative in the same position and from the moment she had the operation she was having serious problems with the implant. Six years of severe pain have followed and her quality of life is even worse than it was before the operation. She has had to put in a stairlift, purchase a mobility scooter and all others sorts of aids - why the hell should she be paying out for this stuff through no fault of her own. Some countries had already banned these implants whilst the UK were still using them.

Her consultant was not interested in any problems, in fact he would only see new patients and refused to see any patients were not new - really helpful!!!

I wonder if you would be so quick to attack if you had suffered in the same way.

euanT

http://www.leighday.co.uk/our-expertise/defective-products/failed-hip-replacement-compensation-claims-depuy?gclid=CLCi36PpuqoCFUcMtAod5iMTNg

euanT

And this - more worryingly!!

http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Publications/Safetywarnings/MedicalDeviceAlerts/CON079157

lyndac40

There was a program on the telly about these DePuy hip replacements not that long ago. Cant remember what channel it was but i think it was called Despatches you might able to watch it on i player. Also I saw and advert in the paper was ages ago tho about a company that were sueing DePuy on your behalf one of them no win no fee lawyers. Have a wee read of this very interesting. http://www.hipreplacementclaims.co.uk/