J&J may have to pay 22 Indians Rs 20 lakh each for faulty hip implants
An 11-member committee set up by the health ministry in February has concluded that J&J was at fault for ‘serious …
Category Archives: Joint replacement
New Zealand Medical System
New Zealand Medical System – Private Insurance FAIL Earl Stevens, 08 Feb 2017 As many may know, I moved …
Johnson & Johnson Faces Another Hip Replacement Lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson Faces Another Hip Replacement Lawsuit January 20, 2017, 10:00:00AM. By Heidi TurnerNew Brunswick, NJ Days after a …
Lessons Emerging from Pinnacle Hip Bellwether Trials | Cozen O’Connor – JDSupra
Lessons Emerging from Pinnacle Hip Bellwether Trials1/6/2017byJames Heller | Cozen O’ConnorinShareSend Embed ContactIn a staggering verdict, a Texas jury recently awarded over …
Judge halves $1 billion award in J&J hip implants case | Reuters
Judge halves $1 billion award in J&J hip implants caseThe logo of healthcare company Johnson & Johnson is seen in …
Johnson & Johnson hit with another hip lawsuit following $1B payout | NJ.com
By Craig McCarthy | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on December 28, 2016 …
J&J get some overdue medicine
J&J Ordered to Pay Record $1 Billion for Faulty Hip Implants by Jef Feeley and Tom Korosec December 1, 2016 …
‘Total knee replacement helps 37 year old Yashodhamma walk on her feet again after 4 years’
‘Total knee replacement helps 37 year old Yashodhamma walk on her feet again after 4 years’. Bangalore: A team of …
Thromboprophylaxis after joint replacement misses targets | Rheumatology Update
Thromboprophylaxis after joint replacement misses targets | Rheumatology Update. Thromboprophylaxis after joint replacement misses targets 16 July, 2012 Tony James Less …
Patient undergoes four joint replacement surgeries – Times Of India
Patient undergoes four joint replacement surgeries – Times Of India. Patient undergoes four joint replacement surgeries Umesh Isalkar, TNNJul 11, …
Joint Replacements For Baby Boomers
Joint Replacements For Baby Boomers. Joint Replacements For Baby Boomers MARILYNN MARCHIONE 05/23/11 09:56 AM ET SHARE THIS STORY SAN DIEGO …
Comment Example: Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee
I thought it might be helpful to show what I sent in electronically in advance of the above referenced meeting, …
Knee Replacement Patients Should Consider Nickel Allergies before Surgery | NewsInferno
Knee Replacement Patients Should Consider Nickel Allergies before Surgery | NewsInferno. Knee Replacement Patients Should Consider Nickel Allergies before Surgery …
GoLocalProv | Health | Dealing with Arthritis: Do You Need Joint Replacement?
GoLocalProv | Health | Dealing with Arthritis: Do You Need Joint Replacement?. Dealing with Arthritis: Do You Need Joint Replacement? …
June 27-28, 2012: Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA-2012-N-0293] Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the …
Finding the Right Solution for Joint Pain | Piper Shores News & Events
Finding the Right Solution for Joint Pain | Piper Shores News & Events. Finding the Right Solution for Joint Pain …
Health News – New blood to improve life of artificial joints
Health News – New blood to improve life of artificial joints. New blood to improve life of artificial joints 22/03/2012 …
Harold’s Story – Smith & Nephew BHR – Pain & Tumour – Revision…
Harold writes: I personally had a Birmingham hip implant (Smith & Nephew) in February 2008 and started with extreme pain …
The Power of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing – NOT
Howard Sadwin – robbed of life Many of you will have read Howard Sadwin’s story and comments over the last …
FDA warns J&J’s DePuy unit over joint replacements – AlertNet
FDA warns J&J’s DePuy unit over joint replacements – AlertNet. FDA warns J&J’s DePuy unit over joint replacements 18 Jan …
Novel – Dual Pivot Hip | Hip Replacement, Total Hip Replacement | Total Joint Joint
Dual Pivot Hip | Hip Replacement, Total Hip Replacement | Total Joint Joint. Dual Pivot Hip Jan,13,2012 16:39 Filed in: …
Biomet Receives FDA Clearance for Two New Products
Biomet Receives FDA Clearance for Two New Products: E1(R) Humeral Bearing for the Comprehensive(R) Reverse Shoulder System and the Comprehensive(R) …
More Smith & Nephew BHR Problems – Katie’s Story (USA)
Hi, Sorry to hear about your pain and frustration. I too have a BHR with exactly same symptoms, elevated cobalt …
Biomet Magnum Horror Story – Stacey’s View
Stacey‘s Story Just found your Blog and have to answer “Is there some good news amongst the bad” and the …
AAOS Releases TO on MoM Hip Implants
AAOS Releases TO on MoM Hip Implants. AAOS Releases TO on MoM Hip Implants Kristy L. Weber, MD, and Fareeha …
11 Points on Technology & Treatment Revolutionizing Sports Medicine
11 Points on Technology & Treatment Revolutionizing Sports Medicine. 11 Points on Technology & Treatment Revolutionizing Sports Medicine Written by …
Huddersfield patients affected by faulty hip replacements face more surgery – Local West Yorkshire News – News – Huddersfield Examiner
Huddersfield patients affected by faulty hip replacements face more surgery – Local West Yorkshire News – News – Huddersfield Examiner. …
Hip and Knee Implants: Old Ones May Be Better Than New Ones « AARP
Hip and Knee Implants: Old Ones May Be Better Than New Ones « AARP. Hip and Knee Implants: Old Ones …
Falling After a Joint Replacement | www.dailyrx.com
Falling After a Joint Replacement | http://www.dailyrx.com. Falling After a Joint Replacement Joint replacement patients at risk for hospital falls …
Herald Citizen – JOINTS Initiative comes to Cookeville
Herald Citizen – JOINTS Initiative comes to Cookeville. JOINTS Initiative comes to Cookeville by Amye Wright Orthopedic surgeon Dr. James …
Howard Gets A New Hip – But Still Wants Justice
For those of you who have been following this blog for some time, you will recall the story of Howard …
Hip Resurfacing – Hip Surgery Option Loses Key Backer (NY Times)
Hip Surgery Option Loses Key Backer David Goldman for The New York Times Hip resurfacing, an alternative to traditional hip …
Australia – Thousands of patients fitted with faulty hip replacements
Thousands of patients fitted with faulty hip replacements Mark Metherell October 10, 2011 Sydney Morning Herald Painful … 2700 hip …
Total Hip Replacement – Short Review
Total Hip Replacement Source: University of Southern California Total hip replacement, or THR, is a very common and successful procedure. …
US Drug Watchdog Says It’s Urgent They Identify All Recalled DePuy ASR Hip Implant Recipients
US Drug Watchdog Says It’s Urgent They Identify All Recalled DePuy ASR Hip Implant Recipients & Applauds NBC News For …
DePuy ASR ‘Poster lady’ sues hip implant firm
DePuy ASR ‘Poster lady’ sues hip implant firm (UKPA) – 3 hours ago A former gymnast who was a “poster …
Severe Pain After Knee Replacement Predicts Poor Outcomes
Severe Pain After Knee Replacement Predicts Poor Outcomes By: M. ALEXANDER OTTO, Family Practice News Digital Network 10/05/11 FROM THE WORLD …
Study: Two-day Discharge After Arthroplasty Feasible
Study: Two-day Discharge After Arthroplasty Feasible Clinical Pain Medicine ISSUE: OCTOBER 2011 | VOLUME: 9:10 Toronto—A multidisciplinary program implemented two …
Number of UK medical tourists set to soar – EU here they come
Number of UK medical tourists set to soar 30 September 2011 | 03:22 | FOCUS News Agency London. Countries such …
Australia, NSW – Hunter residents join joint hip claim
Hunter residents join joint hip claim BY JACQUI JONES 03 Oct, 2011 05:00 AM Source: Newcastle, The Herald HUNTER residents …
Osteoporosis Drug May Help Users Avoid Hip Replacement
Osteoporosis Drug May Help Users Avoid Hip Replacement Source: Rottenstein Law Group Posted on September 26, 2011 Results of a …
Radiation could strengthen artificial joints, study finds
Radiation could strengthen artificial joints, study finds Posted on the ORTHOSuperSite September 30, 2011 Short bursts of gamma radiation could …
Knee op patients say they are still suffering
Knee op patients say they are still suffering Friday, September 30, 2011 Source: This is Staffordshire AN INVESTIGATION is under …
Baby boomers: The next arthritis generation
Baby boomers: The next arthritis generation By John Esdaile, Special to the Sun September 28, 2011 Seven years ago Dr. …
Watch out for the DePuy BS campaign – coming to a town near you….
Some sage advice from a respected Law firm Rottenstein Law Group DePuy Initiates Campaign to Tell Recipients’ Stories to Potential …
Exercise therapy helps severe hip osteoarthritis
Exercise therapy helps severe hip osteoarthritis Last updated: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Source: health24.com Exercise therapy can help patients with …
DePuy Metal on Metal Hip Implant Lawsuit News – Hip replacement poisoning
DePuy Metal on Metal Hip Implant Lawsuit News – Hip replacement poisoning Source: Ennis & Ennis, P.A. 09/20/2011 – Sandra …
Supervised Exercise With Hip Osteoarthritis Allows Patients to Delay Total Hip Replacement
Supervised Exercise With Hip Osteoarthritis Allows Patients to Delay Total Hip Replacement Presented at OARSI Source: DGNews By Nancy A. …
UK Says Metal Hip Replacements More Troublesome
UK Says Metal Hip Replacements More Troublesome from: The Associated Press | September 16, 2011 LONDON (AP) — People who …
Metal Hips Failing Fast, Report Says – Of those patients in the British group who received the device six years ago, about 29 percent have since had it replaced.
Metal Hips Failing Fast, Report Says By BARRY MEIER Published: September 15, 2011 New York Times In a troubling development …
Generic Orthopedic Implants’ Time Has Come
Generic Orthopedic Implants’ Time Has Come Written by Blair Rhode, MD, Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgeon and owner, RoG Sports Medicine …
Canada – Knee surgery wait time is unacceptable
Knee surgery wait time is unacceptable Edmonton Journal August 28, 2011 3:08 AM Re: “Canadian health-care system eroding: outgoing CMA …
Spike in Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Complaints May Point to Looming Disaster
Spike in Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Complaints May Point to Looming Disaster Date Published: Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 Source; News Inferno …
INSIGHT – DePuy’s handling of hip recall sparks questions =2
INSIGHT – DePuy‘s handling of hip recall sparks questions =2 22 Aug 2011 12:21 Source: reuters // Reuters METAL POISONING …
Hip Replacement Loosening
Hip Replacement Loosening Resons for loosening of hip replacement implants over time By Jonathan Cluett, M.D., About.com Guide Updated November 05, 2010 About.com …
Hip Implants – from American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Hip Implants – from American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Total hip joint replacement is an orthopaedic success story, enabling hundreds …
Medical Tourism At Home: Big Companies Start to Shop at Hospitals Across the U.S.
Medical Tourism At Home: Big Companies Start to Shop at Hospitals Across the U.S. By Ken Terry | August 5, …
Orthopedic companies settle DOJ probe, face SEC scrutiny; Medtronic loses a patent suit to Johnson & Johnson, releases new spinal device
Orthopedic companies settle DOJ probe, face SEC scrutiny; Medtronic loses a patent suit to Johnson & Johnson, releases new spinal …
Future of Hip replacement may include more resurfacing, percutaneous fixation
Future of Hip replacement may include more resurfacing, percutaneous fixation by William A. Jiranek, MD Source: ORTHOPEDICS TODAY August 2011 …
American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) completes data collection pilot project
AJRR completes data collection pilot project By Mary Ann Porucznik; Source – American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons With data on …
Operative time, use of biological agents increase risk of complications following TKA
Operative time, use of biological agents increase risk of complications following TKA Posted on the ORTHOSuperSite August 12, 2011 Biological …
Medical Devices — Balancing Regulation and Innovation
Medical Devices — Balancing Regulation and Innovation NEJM | August 10, 2011 | Topics: Drugs, Devices, and the FDA Gregory D. …
Anterior Hip Replacement
Anterior Hip Replacement Source: PlushMed Health Specialist Medical Centre Orthopaedics Parramatta Australia Direct Anterior Hip Replacement is a technique in …
How to Prevent Hip Dislocation After a Total Hip Replacement
How to Prevent Hip Dislocation After a Total Hip Replacement Source: ehipreplacement After having a total hip replacement there are …
U.S. Marine – Back Into Forward Motion: Advances in Hip Replacement Surgery
Back Into Forward Motion: Advances in Hip Replacement Surgery From: Your Health Published: Aug. 10, 2011 Updated: Aug. 10, 2011 …
Pre-operative education programme can reduce hospital stay for knee replacement patients
Pre-operative education programme can reduce hospital stay for knee replacement patients Published on August 10, 2011 at 5:53 AM – …
Determined patient: Martial arts instructor takes hip surgery in stride
Determined patient: Martial arts instructor takes hip surgery in stride By PATRICK B. ANDERSON patrick.anderson@lacrossetribune.com | Posted: Monday, August 8, …
Zimmer Goes After “Rumor Mongering” Law Firms
Nexgen Artificial Knee Suits Targeting Zimmer Haunt Lawyers Seeking Payout Source: Bloomberg By Alex Nussbaum and David Voreacos – Aug …
Bio-Engineering – Need a new hip? Someday you may grow your own…
Need a new hip? Someday you may grow your own By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter Updated: Aug 06, 2011 11:00 …
Recalled DePuy ASR Hip Implant Failure Leads to Lawsuit Filed by the Law Offices of John David Hart
Recalled DePuy ASR Hip Implant Failure Leads to Lawsuit Filed by the Law Offices of John David Hart Pecos, New …
Primary Total Resurfacing Hip Replacement – Extracts from Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010
Primary Total Resurfacing Hip Replacement Demographics There have been 13,307 total resurfacing procedures reported to the Registry, an additional …
Metal on Metal Hips – Extracts from Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010
Bearing Surface The Registry is reporting on five different bearing surfaces with more than 200 procedures. There are a small …
Extracts from Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010
Primary Total Conventional Hip Replacement Demographics There have been 171,104 total conventional procedures reported to the Registry, an additional 23,682 …
Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010
Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010 This year’s report confirms that hip and knee replacement …
A Comprehensive Patient Guide to Artificial Knee Replacement Surgery
A Comprehensive Patient Guide to Artificial Knee Replacement Surgery Source: Stone Clinic – links preserved BELOW: Surgery Video’s I have …
Travel with Confidence – Doctor Devises Microchip to Manage Implant Patient Records
Dr. Lee Berger creates RFID chip called the Ortho-Tag to Manage Implant Patient Records By Don E. Smith Jr.; Email …
Unusual Case – Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis After TKA Associated With Tibial Component Loosening
Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis After TKA Associated With Tibial Component Loosening by Byung June Chung, MD; Yong Bum Park, MD, PhD …
Hip Replacement A- Z – All you Need to Know
Hip Replacement A- Z Source: Hipreplacement.co.uk Introduction: A hip replacement operation is one of the most successful operations in Orthopaedic …
Ohio State gets $1.1M grant for knee replacement outcomes research
8.3.11 | Brandon Glenn Ohio State gets $1.1M grant for knee replacement outcomes research Ohio State University researchers have received …
The Holy Grail of Orthopaedics – Can We Achieve the Revision-Free Implant?
Can We Achieve the Revision-Free Implant? Published: March 1, 2011 Shana Leonard MPMN Medtech Pulse I attended an interesting conference …
Did IOM Put the Final Nail in the Coffin of Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants?
Did IOM Put the Final Nail in the Coffin of Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants? Published: August 3, 2011—Shana Leonard Source: MPMN …
Recent Knee Replacement Success
Gwen M. – Sugeon used VERILAST Technology From Smith & Nephew Source: Click here Gwen M. RESIDENCE: Pomfret, Maryland OCCUPATION …
Replacing your joint replacement
Replacing your joint replacement Updated: Aug 3, 2011 05:00 AM EDT FORT MYERS, FL – Source: NBC2.com The clock is …
Joint effort: Replacements becoming more popular
Joint effort: Replacements becoming more popular Monday, August 1, 2011 By Robyn Gautschy ~ TBY Roger Hudson had a total …
What Is A Knee Replacement Surgery?
What Is A Knee Replacement Surgery? by Cliff, August 1st, 2011 There are a lot of joints in our body …
Zimmer Knee Replacement for Women
Zimmer Knee Replacement for Women Source: click here One of the latest developments in Orthopaedics is the development of “Customizable” …
Injuries might end Funk’s year on Sunday
Injuries might end Funk’s year on Sunday Saturday, July 30, 2011 Source Local Knowledge Blog TOLEDO, Ohio – The U.S. …
U.S. health care system fails to deliver – Same Story The World Over…
U.S. health care system fails to deliver Health care reform brings better health, better care and lower costs, the author …
Topical therapies for osteoarthritis v. Oral Drugs
My View: This abstract from a recent scientific review contains some gems regarding oral and topical drugs for the treatment …
South Australia – DePuy Hip implant class action grows
Hip implant class action grows David Jean From The Advertiser August 01, 2011 12:00AM An orthopedic surgeon studies a patient’s …
Hospital “loses” Urgent Hip Replacement Paperwork for Former Nurse
Hospital campaigner bedridden Bianca Clare | 30th July 2011 Source: Sunshine Coast Daily, Queensland, Australia Liz Aspinall is finally getting …
Brit’s Put Money Before Patient Suffering – Bloody Accountants Rule… On the Way to Third World Status…
NHS rations knee and hip replacement operations to save money By INDERDEEP BAINS Spurce: Daily Mail UK Last updated at 8:34 …
Tiger Woods: Why a knee replacement is out…
Tiger: Why a knee replacement is out (source: Golf365) By Neville Leck Last updated: 27th July 2011 Fred Funk Reports are circulating …
Advances in Knee Replacement Surgery for Active Baby Boomers
Advances in Knee Replacement Surgery for Active Baby Boomers BY Jane Langille • POSTED July 25 2011 AT 12:00 pm …
WOW!!! Intelligent OrthoSensor Devices Provide Real-Time Reporting on The Condition of Your Orthopaedic Implant
Intelligent OrthoSensor Devices Provide Real-Time Reporting on The Condition of Your Orthopaedic Implant by GAVIN CORLEY on Jul 28, 2011 • 12:04 pm Link: OrthoSensor… Published here – …
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