The Food and Drug Administration has ordered medical device manufacturers to study safety complications with surgical mesh used in women’s pelvic surgeries. In April an FDA report found that women who have the surgical mesh implanted are at greater risk of pain , bleeding and infection than women who have traditional surgery with stitches. For…
Over 700,000 hip and knee replacements are performed each year in the United States. As the population ages this number will increase significantly. There is concern that newer implants are being approved with insufficient testing resulting in increased failure rates. A recent study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint surgery indicates that not…
BBC News in Liverpool reported that more than 100 people , most from Merseyside, are suing DePuy over the effects of hip implants that were withdrawn in August 2010. Over 2,000 cases have been filed against Depuy over the ASR in the U.S.
BBC News in Liverpool reported that more than 100 people , most from Merseyside, are suing DePuy over the effects of hip implants that were withdrawn in August 2010. Over 2,000 cases have been filed against Depuy over the ASR in the U.S.
The FDA has ordered a review of all metal-on-metal hip implants due to mounting patient complaints. Problems include loosening, fracturing and dislocating of the device caused by inflammation in the joint space. In addition many patients have experienced soft tissue damage and metal poisoning because these devices can shed particles of chromium and cobalt into…
The Daily Mail (UK) (12/4, Matthews, 4.04M) continues coverage of the passing of Ontario woman Christina Brajcic, “a prominent vaginal mesh campaigner” who died due to “sepsis which was triggered by her controversial implant.” Her death comes after “landmark moves by English and Australian health officials to recommend the controversial implants should no longer be used.” The…