In what has become an alarming trend in drug and medical device manufacturing, Smith and Nephew felt compelled to copycat other hip implant manufacturers and market a pair of dual modular hip stems. This trend is alarming...more
For over four years I have been investigating problems associated with Stryker Accolade TMZF Titanium hip stems. Of course the Rejuvenate and ABG II failures and subsequent recall are well-known and much written about. But,...more
Stryker Accolade V40 LFIT Hip Implant Dissociation -
Over the past few years, various orthopedic surgeons around the country and their patients have faced a catastrophic failure of Stryker’s Accolade and V40 LFIT hip...more
Stryker V40 Femoral Heads (CoCr) Associated With Spontaneous and Catastrophic Head-Neck Dissociation -
Stryker may face yet another crisis associated with their total hip replacement medical devices – and this time it...more
A recent article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery clearly shows that the Stryker Rejuvenate modular hip implant may be as capable of corroding as its metal-on-metal cousins. This publication is significant...more
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has requested that an $8.3 million judgment against the company over its DePuy metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implant be put on hold....more