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Health Canada Issues Warning on Hip and Knee Replacement Failure

May 15, 2012. By Heidi Turner.

Toronto, Canada: Health Canada has joined other agencies and experts in warning about the risks associated with hip and knee replacement implant failure. Specifically, the health agency warned about the risks associated with metal-on-metal hip implants. Complaints about hip implant failures have resulted in hip replacement lawsuits, alleging the metal-on-metal hip replacement devices were defective and have a higher rate of failure than traditional hip replacement devices.

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Hip Replacement Implant Makers Get Good News and Bad News

April 21, 2012. By Heidi Turner.

Seattle, WA: It has been a month of good news/bad news for the makers of metal-on-metal hip replacement devices. The good news is that a recently released study suggested that there was no increased risk of cancer in patients who received metal-on-metal hip replacement devices. The bad news is that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to hold hearings into the hip implants, to see if the benefits of the hip devices outweigh the risks.

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Maker of Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement Faces $22.7 Million in Fines

March 30, 2012. By Gordon Gibb.

Washington, DC: Any patient with a metal-on-metal hip replacement would have pause to wonder if their prosthetic hip might ever become problematic, if it hasn't already proven to be. Such was the case with a UK patient who underwent a double hip replacement using artificial hips from Biomet, a medical device manufacturer based in Warsaw, Indiana. The patient is considering a Biomet lawsuit.

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FDA Panel to Review Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements

March 29, 2012. By Lucy Campbell.

Washington, DC: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just announced that it is seeking expert scientific and clinical advice on the risks and benefits of metal-on-metal (MoM) hip systems. The agency is also looking to develop potential patient and practitioner recommendations on the use of MoM hip systems and the management of patients implanted with such devices.

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Arizona Man Launches Hip Replacement Lawsuit against Wright

March 24, 2012. By Gordon Gibb.

Phoenix, AZ: Headlines screaming Hip & Knee Replacement Implant Failure ring true for more and more Americans having undergone the knife for a procedure promising years of improved mobility, only to experience pain and frustration in the outcome. Such was the case for Dale Purcell, a Phoenix man who experienced a catastrophic failure of his implant.

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Wright Conserve—Latest Hip Implant to Disappoint

March 20, 2012. By Brenda Craig.

New York, NY: Metal-on-metal hip replacements are "under the microscope these days," says attorney Felecia Stern. A partner in Bernstein Liebhard's mass tort group in New York City, Stern says the firm is currently evaluating lawsuits alleging Wright Conserve hip implants are designed defectively. "We are starting to get calls from Wright Conserve implant patients and we are still in the process of dealing with the ASR and Pinnacle cases. In the past, we have turned away the Wright Conserve implant cases, but we are starting to look at them more seriously," says Stern.

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How Much Did DePuy Know About Hip Implant Failure?

February 22, 2012. By Heidi Turner.

Washington, DC: A recent report from The New York Times (2/21/12) indicates that DePuy Orthopaedics knew well before its hip implant recall was announced that its all-metal devices were failing prematurely. Certain DePuy devices were recalled in 2010 following reports of high hip replacement failure. As The New York Times report shows, however, not only was DePuy likely aware of problems with hip implant failure, the FDA had rejected one of the company's recalled devices because of the high failure rate.

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The High Cost of Hip & Knee Replacement Hell

January 5, 2012. By Gordon Gibb.

Groveland, IL: At the end of the year, The New York Times carried an ominous accounting of Hip & Knee Replacement Implant Failure and, specifically, hips. And while various companies and manufacturers have been targeted for criticism over the premature failure of their products, the issue is bigger than any one company. Indeed, the entire class is under the microscope, and under the gun.

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Report Cites Hip Implant Failures

December 1, 2011. By Heidi Turner.

Boston, MA: A new report in the British Medical Journal indicates that all-metal hip implant failures may be just as common as traditional hip replacement failures. Furthermore, the metal-on-metal hip implants may be less safe than traditional hip implants and may have a higher hip revision surgery rate. Hip implant lawsuits have been filed against the maker of some metal-on-metal devices, alleging the devices were negligently designed.

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Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants: Colossal Failure?

October 13, 2011. By Jane Mundy.

Vancouver, BC: Sukinder has been living with chronic pain and walking with a limp since having metal-on-metal hip replacement surgery several years ago. "My orthopedic surgeon said the hip revision surgery is fine, but I know it isn't fine, and now, years later, I find out about metal-on-metal hip and knee recalls…"

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