DePuy Had Idea of Hip Replacement Issues Long Before It Announced the Recall
%VIDEO% In the United States, approximately 250,000 hip replacement procedures are performed every year. Only 1-3 percent of those procedures will require corrective surgery.This small percentage should make it easy enough for regulators to track and identify defective hip replacements. Unfortunately, the U.S. does not have a national artificial joint registration system. Without a registration [...]
The Types of Hip Replacements Other than the DePuy ASRs
%VIDEO% The majority of patients all across North America who will undergo any type of surgery have a high level of confidence in the techniques and devices used in the operating room. These patients assume that the techniques and devices used have been thoroughly researched, tested, and found to have a high level of safety. [...]