Before you get hip replacement surgery, an orthopedic surgeon generally performs several tests to help ensure a good outcome, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Fortunately, the success rates for hip replacement surgery are generally high, although they can vary based on the type of implant used.
For example, a number of studies have shown that nearly half of metal-on-metal hip implants – featuring both a ball and a socket coated in a ...
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A woman who received a faulty hip implant that had to be replaced after only three years should get at least $5 million from the company that manufactured it, her lawyer told a Chicago jury.
According to Bloomberg, lawyers gave the closing arguments in the lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, which represents the second of nearly 11,000 such cases filed in the United States.
In March 8, a Los ...
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A study published in the British Medical Journal concluded that a high concentration of the metal cobalt in a patient’s blood is a “significant risk factor” for failure of an all-metal artificial hip joint, Medscape Today News reports.
In light of the findings, the researchers suggest that health regulators in both the United States and the United Kingdom revise their current recommendations against patients with no symptoms getting routine blood metal ...
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An opinion piece in USA Today contrasts health care giant Johnson & Johnson’s actions in 1982, when seven people died after taking Tylenol spiked with cyanide; and in the late 2000’s when concerns started to emerge about the company’s all-metal hip implants.
In 1982, the piece says, the company pulled millions of bottles off store shelves within days, and quickly introduced tamper-resistant packaging that became an industry standard.
“Its speed and candor ...
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A story in the San Francisco Chronicle describes the DePuy Orthopaedics articular surface replacement hip implant as one of the largest medical device failures in history.
The article recounts the experience of a California woman who continued to suffer increasing pain after having her hip replaced in 2006. In 2010, a doctor finally informed her that she had one of the all-metal devices made by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, ...
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In the latest of a long strong of product recalls, Johnson & Johnson is recalling and replacing more than 2 million meters that diabetics use to measure blood glucose levels, manufactured by the company’s LifeScan unit.
According to Reuters, the problem is a failure to operate properly at extremely high glucose levels.
The report says no patient injuries related to the malfunction have been reported in the United States. The company said ...
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