Exactech has recalled more than 148,000 Knee and Ankle Implants since February of 2022. It was reported that the polyethylene insert components and the potential for accelerated wear may crack causing the need for corrective revision or ankle surgery. In addition to the recalled knee…
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Today’s surgeons rely more on surgical staplers as an alternative to stitches and sutures due to the increased speed and ease of use provided by the devices. Ethicon and Covidien Surgical Staplers can misfire during a surgery and cause serious injuries. Thousands of surgery patients…
Inserra Kelley Sewell has given its readership information in the past on the defective Pinnacle metal on metal replacement, with currently more than 9,000 cases filed against Johnson & Johnson and DePuy. A test case recently saw a jury award in Texas for six individual…
In June of 2016 manufacturer, Ethicon, subsidiary of giant Johnson & Johnson, began to withdraw from the market the surgical mesh for hernias called Physiomesh. The product is a flexible composite mesh and it was found that revisions were needed in a large number of…
Johnson & Johnson has lost a third case regarding its defective, dangerous hip implants and have been ordered to pay out over one billion dollars! This is a victory for the consumer patient against a giant manufacturing metal on metal hip implants that have been…
Stryker hip replacement products have been the subject of lawsuits in the past and it seems there is the likelihood that Stryker is putting out yet another defective hip product in its Stryker LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 femoral heads. These products are modular components used…
Most expectant parents are very excited to see ultrasound images of their baby in the womb throughout pregnancy and often want to see the sex of the baby using this technology as well. However, with the boon of great technology sometimes comes possible concerns or…
Have you had the condition of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repaired via a surgical mesh product? If the answer is yes, you should be aware that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made revisions to the data requirements regarding these devices after receiving…
Perhaps many of you are out there thinking that the days of danger with silicone breast implants are long gone and over with? Unfortunately, there has been recent notice given to the fact that there still has not been any reliable, hard evidence given to…
Zimmer, Inc. is a company that manufactures the Zimmer Persona Trabecular Metal Tibial Plate Knee Implant for use in knee replacements. The company has a negative history, first having done a voluntary recall of these knee replacement parts, as well as a metal-on-metal hip device…
