When Did Hip Replacement Manufacturer Know About Failures?

March 5, 2012

In an article appearing in The New York Times on February 21, 2012, it was reported that the all-metal artificial hip replacement known as the DePuy ASR (articular surface replacement) manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, which was implanted in 93,000 pati[...]

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Hip Replacement Recall (Hip Implant Failure)

August 25, 2011

There has been much talk recently regarding hip implant failures and recalls of hip implants. Hip replacement failures include the loosening of the components, the mal-alignment of the components, infections, bone fractures, dislocations,  sensitivities to the metals used in the components (includi[...]

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