DePuy / Johnson & Johnson Recall Affects 93,000 Victims Nationwide
The FDA has received over 300 complaints in the last two years from patients and doctors about the DePuy ASR hip implant system. Many victims are experiencing hip pain, immobility or have had to undergo additional hip surgery as a result of the failure of the DePuy ASR Hip implant System. According to a letter from DePuy Orthopedics itself, approximately 13% of ASR hip implants during the period the company was tracking its product required replacement surgery–a rate much higher than it should have been.
Approved by the FDA in 2005, the ball-and-socket DePuy ASR replacement hip device was recalled on August 24, 2010. DePuy admitted in its own April 22, 2010 letter that “patients may develop progressive soft tissue reactions to metal wear debris without exhibiting any symptoms. The debris can cause soft tissue damage which may compromise the results of the revision surgery.”
If you or a loved one has received a DePuy hip implant in the last five years, please contact us today for a free, no-obligation consultation about your potential case.
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In the Sulzer case, more than 3,000 people had to have surgery to replace their defective hip and knee implants, and approximately 1,000 more who were unable to undergo replacement surgery were covered by the settlement.
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