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 […]
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Johnson &Johnson Hip Patients Take Lawsuits to Trial
Patients with Johnson & Johnson recalled hip implants will start going to trial later this year to determine damages and liability in more than 6,000 lawsuits. DePuy recalled 93,000 ASR […]
Hip Device Phaseout By Johnson and Johnson After Food and Drug Administration Request
Johnson & Johnson executives decided in 2009 to phase out the hip implant and sell off its inventories for use in patients just weeks after the Food and Drug Administration […]
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 […]