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Smith and Nephew SMF and Redapt Modular Hip Implant Recall

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

Stryker Accolade TMZF and L-Fit V40 Chrome/Cobalt Head Failures – Not Just a Large Head Problem, Or Is It a Head Problem At All?

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

What are experts saying about Stryker Accolade V40?

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

Are Stryker V40 Femoral Heads (CoCr) Defective?

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

Stryker Hip Implant — Adverse Tissue Reaction at the Femoral Neck-Body Junction

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

6/10/2013  /  Hip Replacement , Product Recalls

DePuy Wants to Slip Away From Metal Hip Jury Verdict

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

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