The DePuy Orthopaedics unit of Johnson & Johnson recently recalled two types of hip implants on August 26, 2010. Just one of the recalled products was sold here in the United States: the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System hip implant. Earlier this year, The New York Times reported that the FDA has received hundreds of complaints since 2008 from patients who experienced hundreds of complaints since 2008 from patients who experienced pain and other symptoms that led to revision surgery within the first five year of receiving the ASR hip implant. New data indicates that approximately 13% of patients (or 1 in 8) who were implanted with the ASR hip implant with the ASR hip implant were forced to undergo a second hip surgery to remove the defective implant.
Reported Problems with the Depuy Hip System include:
- Loosening the product from the bone,
- Bone around the implant may break,
- Dislocation because parts of the implant that move against each other are no longer aligned.
