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Annually, about 250,000 hip replacement procedures are commonly performed in the United States. Only 1-3 percent of those procedures will require corrective surgery.This small percentage should make it easy enough for regulators to track and identify defective hip replacements. It is unfortunate that the U.S. does not have any type of national artificial joint registration [...]

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The ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System were recalled in August 2010 by their manufacturer, DePuy Orhtopaedics. Some of the countries where the hip replacement devices were sold were in the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Ireland and Canada. These hip replacements were found to fail within 5 years of implantation [...]

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93,000 recipients have been affected with the DePuy Hip Recall and you might be concerned if you are one of them – you should be. DePuy is a well renowned company when it comes to metallic medical devices to replace bones and joints. The recall concerns two types: the ASR™ XL Acetabular Hip System and [...]

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In August 2010, DePuy Orthopaedics issued a worldwide recall of their ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System in response to date showing that the hip replacement devices have flaws that generate debris from wear causing pain, inflammation and tissue damage in recipients. Cobalt and chromium, which are main components of the [...]

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Recently, there was a huge issue concerning DePuy’s hip replacement recall. As you may recall, these implants gave a lot of complications because they were in fact, defective. People who experienced these complications made a complaint against the implant and it naturally resulted into a recall. It was also found out that the manufacturer has [...]

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