According to Reuters News, elderly patients having a hip or a knee replaced have an increased risk of heart attack in the two weeks following surgery in comparison to those […]
Deput Hip Recall
Hip replacement information now on NIHSeniorHealth.gov
According to a press release by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, information about hip replacement, including reasons to have the surgery, how to prepare for and recover […]
Hip Replacement Could be Avoided With Stem Cell Treatment
Thousands of patients could avoid the need for a hip replacement after surgeons pioneered a new stem cell procedure to tackle a bone disease that leads to arthritis, according to […]
Whitehall Man with Two Defective Hip Implants Wants to be Heard by the FDA
Whitehall resident Steve Lorenz was just adjusting to his second hip surgery when he received a letter from Johnson & Johnson announced it was recalling thousands of its metal-on-metal hip […]
DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Recall
DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Recall In the fall of 2010 DePuy Orthopaedics issued a recall of over 93,000 of its metal on metal hip replacement implants. The FDA began receiving […]