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US Drug Watchdog Earns Maximum Compensation for Metal Hip Implant
Recipients After MRI-Detected Implant Failure
WASHINGTON, March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Drug Watchdog is on
a mission to make certain none of the half a million US citizens who
have a all metal hip implant that has prematurely failed get stuck
with the tab for replacement surgery, or other associated medical
costs, so they are now urging all recipients to get an MRI test to
focus in on tissue inflammation in the area of the all metal hip
implant stem, or cup. For more information recipients of an all metal
hip implant are urged to contact the US Drug Watchdog anytime at
866-714-6466. http://USDrugWatchdog.Com
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So why is the US Drug Watchdog so focused on recipients of a all metal
hip implant getting a MRI to test for a premature failure?
According to Science Daily on May 15th 2013, "Metal-on-metal hip
implants can cause inflammation of the joint lining (synovitis) long
before symptoms appear, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be
used to identify this inflammation, according to a new study by
researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery. The study, which appears
in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery,
demonstrates that MRI can be used to identify implants that are going
to fail before people become symptomatic." http://USDrugWatchdog.Com
Updates on litigation involving all metal hip implants manufactures
that are being sued for premature failures from the US Drug Watchdog:
-- DePuy Pinnacle Case Number U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Texas MDL#2244
-- Stryker Rejuvenate Modular &ABG II-recalled June 2012.
-- Biomet M2a Magnum Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of California. (Case No. 3:12-cv-3476)
filed on July 2nd 2012. The US Drug Watchdog says, "For some
recipients of the Biomet M2A, and M2 Magnum there may be a looming
statute of limitations issue of April 15th 2014 to get identified by
the court if your hip implant has failed. Please call us for more
information.
-- Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Conserve Hip Implant Products
Liability Litigation ("MDL No. 2329"). This is now pending in the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
The US Drug Watchdog says, "If you have a friend, or loved one who is
a recipient of a all metal hip implant that has already failed, or is
showing symptoms of a failure, or if a recipient is concerned about a
premature failure, please call us anytime at 866-714-6466. We want to
make certain all metal-on-metal hip implant recipients get meaningful
help, and assistance." http://USDrugWatchdog.com
For more information about a MRI and tissue inflammation with a metal
on metal hip implant we have attached a link to the May 15th 2013
Science Daily news article:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515151436.htm
For attribution about the number of all metal hips in the US please
refer to the December 27th 2011 article in the New York Times:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/ask-about-hip-replacement/
Media Contact: M. Thomas Martin 866-714-6466
Read more news from US Drug Watchdog.
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