Hip Implant Failure rate spurs Recall

Manufacturers, are in the middle of recalling an all-metal total hip replacement. There has been a reported high percentage of implants causing pain and hip flex problems for the recipients.

All 7,500 hip replacement kits shipped between the years 2004 and 2011 have been recalled. Surgeons and Doctors and hospitals were notified of this recall after implant historical registrydata revealed that more than 12% of UK-based patients needed to replace their implants within seven years and more than 7 percent of Australian patients needed replacements inside three years.

Early in 2010 there were recalls of all versions of hip implants because they had high-failure rates. That recall led to thousands of U.S. lawsuits which are still in progress. The first of those lawsuits is reaching trial in California.

Some of these recalls for over the counter meds were for mis configured levels of active ingredients, glass or metal shards in the product, and questionable smells.

James A. Rice, Trial Lawyers