According to the Telegraph, early research findings from a recent study on the effects of metal-on-metal orthopedic devices show an increased cancer and genetic damage risk associated with the implanted devices. The in-depth British study followed 72 metal-on-metal implant patients found genetic tissue damage of the bladder
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According to The Telegraph, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Briton’s equivalent of the FDA, medical regulators are drawing up new advice for recipients of metal-on-metal hip implants due to fears that the implants are more dangerous than previously thought. Due to friction between the
Read more →A woman in Arizona has filed a defective product lawsuit against Wright Medical Inc. In the lawsuit, the woman claims the Profemur Z Hip Implant she received is defective. According to court documents, the woman received a Wright Profemur Z Hip Implant in 2006, only to have
Read more →Author: BARRY MEIER Publisher: New York Times In another controversy involving all-metal hips, an influential group has found that there is insufficient evidence to show that an alternative technique known as hip resurfacing is as safe and effective as a traditional replacement. The group, the California Technology
Read more →Author: BARRY MEIER Publisher: New York Times BOSTON — As surgeons here sliced through tissue surrounding a failed artificial hip in a 53-year-old man, they discovered what looked like a biological dead zone. There were matted strands of tissue stained gray and black; a large strip of
Read more →In their Autumn Report, the National Joint Registry of England and Wales (NJR) identified a much higher rate of failure as metal-on-metal hi implants age. According to the report, the following implant revision rates apply at the seven year mark: Overall (All Hip Implants) – 4.7% Cemented
Read more →Some congressmen are pushing for an investigation of metal-on-metal hip implants. Reps. Henry Waxman, Frank Pallone, Diana DeGette and John Dingell, all members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, have written three top committee members seeking hearings on the regulation of certain medical devices, including all-metal
Read more →According to a new report from Britain, all metal-on-metal hip implants are failing at a rate much faster than hip implant devices made of other materials. The same report found that women are at the highest risk of a hip implant failure if a metal-on-metal device was
Read more →On May 6, 2011, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) ordered DePuy Orthopedics along with 20 other manufacturers of metal-on-metal hip implant systems to conduct post-market studies to determine if their devices are shedding dangerous levels of metallic debris into the bloodstream of patients. Along with
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