Topic
Hip Implants
113 published works
Drug & Device Law
A Hip Implant Decision That Feels Worse Than It Is
We can’t decide whether Anastasi v. Wright Medical Tech., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58467 (E.D. Mo. Apr. 28, 2014), is bad or just frustrating. It might just feel bad. The…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2011 – Study Shows: 12% of DePuy ASR XL hip replacements fail by 2 years
By Jared Fink
In 2011, a paper titled “Early failure of articular surface replacement XL total hip arthroplasty.” in The Journal of Arthroplasty by GD Steele et al., stated “The ASR (articular surface…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
“Out of joint: The story of the ASR” – British Medical Journal
By Jared Fink
In 2011, Deborah Cohen, investigations editor for the British Medical Journal wrote a piece called “Out of joint: The story of the ASR,” which chronicles the ill-fated history of the…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2012 – Metal-on-metal hip replacements linked to high revision rate
By Jared Fink
A 2012 report by AJ Smith et al. titled “Failure rates of stemmed metal-on-metal hip replacements: analysis of data from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales.” published in…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2011 – DePuy ASR failure rate 12% at 5 years
By Jared Fink
In 2011, an article published by R. Underwood et al. in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery titled “A comparison of explanted Articular Surface Replacement and Birmingham Hip Resurfacing components.”…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2012 – “Disapointing short-term results with the DePuy ASR XL”
By Jared Fink
Sadly, the 2012 paper by NM Bernthal et al., “Disappointing short-term results with the DePuy ASR XL metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty.” lives up to its title. This paper appears in…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2013 – DePuy ASR found six times as likely to fail as other metal-on-metal hip replacements
By Jared Fink
DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implants are frequently associated with premature device failure requiring revision (this prompted the recall of the ASR/ASRXL models in 2010) and femoral fracture. Much of the…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2013 – High rate of failure associated with DePuy ASR hip replacements
By Jared Fink
Here is an excerpt from the abstract of a 2013 article published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research by KT Hug et al.: “The Articular Surface Replacement™ (ASR™) metal-on-metal hip…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2013 – DePuy ASR hip replacements associated with osteolysis, other serious side-effects
By Jared Fink
In 2013, a medical research team led by F. Randelli published an article in which it is stated “Patients with ASR implants (resurfacing and large-diameter (XL) metal-on-metal (MoM) total hip…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Research Shows: No Effect of Acetabular Inclination on Metal Ion Levels with DePuy ASR
By Jared Fink
Published online in June 2013 (print Jan. 2014) in The Journal of Arthroplasty, a study titled “The Effect of Acetabular Inclination on Metal Ion Levels Following Metal-on-Metal Hip Arthroplasty.” aimed…