subject: Statistics On Implants Are Soaring High [print this page] The Cable News Network (CNN) considered metal-on-metal hip replacements manufactured by DePuy, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson as one of the Largest Medical Device Failure Ever. A report from New York Times says that hip Impingement surgery may help ease the need of hip replacement.
CNN said that Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News has been unceasingly dishing out reports about the case, which was published by the New York Times last Aug. 28, 2010.
The published article highlighted the issue about 93,000 implants being pulled out of the market because of fracturing, dislocation, pseudo tumors, and metal particles flaking off and entering the bloodstream.
It took the Food and Drug Administration two years to issue a withdrawal order after receiving documented claims about defects. He says that the FDA has given due course to around 11,000 complaints about metal-on-metal implants, which are not only recall-related cases.
A report from the National Center for Health Statistics indicated that in 2004 there were more than 500,000 hip and knee replacements conducted in the United States and their number was increasing, says CNN. Researchers issued a forecast indicating that, if the current trends continue, total knee replacements will go up 525% by 2030 and annual costs for knee and hip replacements will fetch $62.5 billion by 2015.
The Surgery.com website reflected a report indicating the number of hip replacement surgery done among young patients is growing. The operation is being frequently performed. The annual number of hip replacements in the United States will increase to 600,000 by 2015, one expert projected.
Artificial implants have short service spans and will require replacement in 10 to 15 years. CNN reports that there are implants that have assisted distressed men and women get back to normalcy in their lives.
CNN reports that osteoarthritis is the most widespread form of arthritis and considered the No. 1 cause of pain and disability in the United States.
Age followed by weight were considered as the consistent leading causes of osteoarthritis, said reports from the National Institutes of Health, Arthritis Foundation, Centers for Diseases Control and other reputable sources.
Despite the introduction of many new drugs and advanced surgical procedures, misunderstandings regarding the true cause of this disease have resulted in medicine's inability to prevent or stop it. Several arthritic patients that decided to undergo hip implant such as Depuy pinnacle hip replacement which got several negative feedback leading distressed users into filing DePuy pinnacle lawsuit.
