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DePuy Update: Problems with Artificial Hip Devices

Posted by Jason P. Smith on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, In : Health 

The New York Times published an article predicting that the sum of artificial hips operations would run into the billions. Legal and medical professionals foresee that hip replacement surgeries may sum up to billions of dollars in following years, resulting in a booming cost of medical care.   


In December 2011, the New York Times reports about grievances of clients over DePuy Orthoapedics Inc. compensation program through Broadspire Services.  Broadspire is responsible for the compensato...


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The Steps of Hip Resurfacing Procedure

Posted by Jason P. Smith on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, In : DePuy Hip Recall 
Physical therapy, along with medicines, are the most common treatment options advised for patients with painful and damaged joint, research says. Surgical repair is only advocated for cases where non-invasive procedures were not successful. The patient may undergo total hip replacement(THR) or an alternative procedure, the hip resurfacing arthroplasty. However, a forum on medical technology finds out that metal-on-metal hip resurfacing too risky.
 
Hip resurfacing is commonly done on younger pa...
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A Glance on Hip Implant Dislocation

Posted by Jason P. Smith on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, In : Health 
Replacement surgery is frequently recommended for patients who have a continually painful and stiff hip caused by advanced osteoarthritis or a fracture in the hip. Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced with a prosthetic implant. This is normally advised to patients after physical therapy and medications were tried but have failed. Implants are available in the market and each are made out of different materials. The Food and Drug Administration evaluates a...
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The Various Approaches Used In Artificial Hip Device Implantation

Posted by Jason P. Smith on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, In : DePuy Hip Recall 


The issuance of a hip recall for alleged defective hip implants from DePuy Orthopaedic's ASR XL Acetabular Hip System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System led to an estimated 1,000 DePuy hip replacement lawsuits filed by afflicted individuals. But a hip replacement surgery has been found to be quite effective in most patients and they actually reported that they experienced improvement after the surgery.

A hip replacement surgery is an invasive type of major orthopaedic operation implemented by a su...

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Post-Surgical Pain After Hip Replacement

Posted by Jason P. Smith on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, In : DePuy Hip Recall 
People who underwent hip replacement surgeries would attest that recovery and rehabilitation is never easy for them. Having chronic pain after surgery then is unwelcome. Orthopedic surgeons claim that previous damage on the hip joint account for the pain and it is being compounded by the hip procedure. Unfortunately for those who have received the hip implants manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, they would have to suffer from more complications due to the inherent flaws found in two of its AS...

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Metallosis Caused By Recalled DePuy Hip Devices

Posted by Jason P. Smith on Thursday, February 24, 2011, In : Health 
DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson, issued a hip replacement recall in August of 2010 for the company’s Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) Hip Resurfacing System and ASR XL Acetabular total hip replacement, consequently due to data linking these products with substantially high failure rates. A serious condition that has added to the suffering of hip replacement recipients is metallosis.
 
Metallosis results from metal-on-metal friction of the hip implant causing release of ...

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