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At the beginning of 2011, DePuy Orthopaedics said they were phasing out the ASR Hip Implant because of declining sales, but never mentioned the high failure rate data from an Australian implant registry. In March 2011, The New York Times reported that DePuy issued its first warning to doctors and patients about the high early failure rate.
Metallosis. Metallosis is the medical condition involving deposition and build-up of metal debris in the soft tissues of the body. [1] Metallosis has been known to occur when metallic components in medical implants, specifically joint replacements, abrade against one another. [1] Metallosis has also been observed in some patients either ...
On August 24, 2010, DePuy recalled all ASR hip implant systems sold since 2003. The 2010 DePuy Hip Recall was issued after research released by the National Joint Registry (NJR) found high rates of hip replacement failure for the ASR XL Acetabular and ASR Hip Resurfacing systems.
In a letter to J&J's DePuy Orthopaedics, the FDA says it has learned that the company is marketing the TruMatch without the required marketing clearance or approval and in violation of the Federal ...
Available in seven and 21 treatment counts, each whitening strip packet comes with a strip for your top and bottom teeth (so you get 14 and 42 strips, respectively).These non-toxic and microbiome ...
Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant, that is, a hip prosthesis. [1] Hip replacement surgery can be performed as a total replacement or a hemi/semi(half) replacement. Such joint replacement orthopaedic surgery is generally conducted to relieve arthritis pain or in some hip fractures.
The FDA said the recall of the device BioZorb Marker, initiated by Hologic in March, was not a product removal, but a correction. The agency also urged patients to report any side effects they ...
0–9. 2007 Chinese export recalls. 2008 Chinese heparin adulteration. 2010 DePuy Hip Recall. 2010 Johnson & Johnson children's product recall.