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Preoperative Opioid Use Before Joint Replacement Surgery Increases Risks

New research indicates that opioid use before joint replacement surgery puts patients at substantially higher risks for excruciating injuries, hospital readmittance, and joint implant failure, necessitating additional surgeries.The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery published the revelatory study this past month. Researchers from the University of Chicago found that more than half the patients...

Zimmer Hip Implant Corrosion Caused Blood Poisoning

A new Zimmer hip implant lawsuit indicates that the popular hip system, consisting of the M/L Taper Hip and Versys femoral head, severely corroded due to the metal-on-metal design, causing heavy metal poisoning and premature failure, necessitating invasive and dangerous revision surgery.Richard P. Torres and his wife, Pollyanna, filed the complaint July 24 in...

Pinnacle Hip Manufacturers Vastly Overstated Implants’ Effectiveness

A new lawsuit indicates Pinnacle hip manufacturers Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy subsidiary aggressively marketed the device as so effective that recipients could partake in “challenging and vigorous athletic activities.” However, many patients who have received the hip implant can hardly walk, require surgery, and live in constant pain due to the device.James...

Zimmer Hip Problems Results in Revision Surgery in Both Hips

By Emily Cox A new lawsuit indicates that Zimmer hip problems with its M/L Taper replacement system caused it to fail prematurely, necessitating a California man to undergo revision surgery in both hips.Glen Davis and his wife filed the complaint July 20 in the Northern District of California. The couple allege that Zimmer Biomet, Inc....

Knee Implant Lawsuit Over “Catastrophic” Injuries Removed to Federal Court

A new knee implant lawsuit against Stryker and Mako Surgical Group over substantial design defects associated with the Restoris Multi-Compartmental Knee (MCK) implant has been transferred to the federal court system.Hazel Perry filed the complaint this past month in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County. She alleges that the Mako Restoris MCK system is...

Birmingham Hip Implant Preservation Protocol Approved

The District Judge presiding over hundreds of hip replacement lawsuits regarding significant issues with the Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System approved specific protocols this week for preserving explanted devices.Currently there are more than 400 lawsuits against Smith & Nephew in the federal court system over allegations that its metal-on-metal hip designs are...

Zimmer Fights Hip Component Lawsuit MDL

As hip replacement lawsuits continue to mount throughout the federal court system over significant issues with the Zimmer VerSys femoral head and M/L Taper with Kinectiv Technology, the manufacturer is fighting a recent request to centralize the federal hip component litigation for pretrial proceedings.Currently, Zimmer-Biomet is facing approximately two dozen of hip component lawsuits...

Johnson & Johnson Pinnacle Hip Released Without Clinical Trials

A new lawsuit alleges that Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy unit released their Pinnacle hip replacement system without any clinical trials to ensure that the implant was safe or even worked, generating massive profits while using patients as guinea pigs for the ultimately defective hip system.Karolyn White and her husband, Gervis White, filed the...

DePuy Knee Implant Bone Cement Further Endangers Patients

A new lawsuit indicates that DePuy knee replacement SmartSet GHV bone cement is dangerously defective, resulting in mechanical loosening of implants, premature failure, and additional risky surgical procedures.Osa Green filed the complaint against Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy unit this past month in the Western District of Louisiana. Green alleges that the DePuy...

Knee Revision Surgery Resulted in Acute Kidney Failure

A new case report details substantial risk factors from knee revision surgery, highlighting how the procedure to remove a knee implant following failure and the subsequent use of antibiotic spacers to fight off infection may have caused a 65-year-old man to suffer acute kidney failure.The medical journal Case Reports in Nephrology published the report's...