Stryker issued a safety alert May 22 warning its LFIT V40 femoral heads used for total hip replacement surgery may come apart, Drug Watch reports. 1. The LFIT V40 femoral head has broken off the stem ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Exactech has recalled hundreds of thousands of implantable ankle, knee, hip and shoulder replacement devices over the past few years. If you or a loved one received an Exactech implant in 2004 or ...

Exactech has issued multiple recalls for its implantable joint replacement devices over the past few years. While Exactech has largely issued these recalls voluntarily, it has done so at the ...

The High Court of England and Wales ruled DePuy’s Ultamet Metal-on-Metal Articulation hip replacement device was not defective, ending a months-long trial involving more than 300 patients, Medical ...

Podium Presentation Provides Update on the Canadian Experience with the Reverse Hip Replacement System; Proclaims Reverse Hip System is here to Stay Dr. Turgeon presented the most up to date data from ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday announced the issuance of a final order requiring manufacturers to submit a premarket approval (PMA) application for two types of metal on metal ...

(RTTNews) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety alert about the increased risk of thigh bone fracture after surgery with the use of the Zimmer Biomet CPT Hip System, which was ...

This is part two of a series on hip fractures. Part one was published on page 4C in the May 16 print edition. When a hip fracture happens, quick treatment is very important. Surgery and proper medical ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A small device that looks a lot like an iPhone is changing the way hip replacements are done at Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center. While it may look simple, the ...

Janice Couch, 62, a retired pre-school teacher from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is finally physically ready to receive two procedures that stand to change her life, thanks to Henry Ford Health ...