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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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Effects of Hip Replacements By DePuy More Formidable

Posted by Jason P. Smith on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, In : DePuy Hip Recall 

In the summer of 2010, two hip implants were the subject of a DePuy hip replacement recall and since then, updates are constantly being given to those who are interested in the issue. Compensatory damages are being sought by those who have been made to go through both monetary and non-monetary losses as a result of the recall. Evidently, DePuy should answer for its negligence in providing the public with safe and hazard-free products and devices.

Even more alarming, there is recent news from a...

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The Dangers of Signing Agreements with DePuy after the Hip Recall

Posted by Jason P. Smith on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, In : DePuy Recall 
With the recent DePuy recall, the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary has been making fervent efforts at fooling patients into accepting poor compensatory damages for access to their medical records and for the return of their defective implants after surgical removal. Patients should be aware of the dangers of signing any agreements with the company before consulting with a lawyer about their legal options.
 
DePuy has already contacted patients supposedly offering reimbursements for losses suffered ...
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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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