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 ...

When a hip fracture happens, quick treatment is very important. Surgery and proper medical care can improve recovery 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hip Replacement Device Defendants Win Take-Nothing Verdict On Oct. 23, a jury issued a favorable verdict for defendants Depuy Orthopedics, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, after an almost ...

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 ...

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 ...