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The FDA and the manufacturer were alerted to Profemur titanium hips breaking inside U.S. patients as of 2005. It took 15 years to recall the devices. Many fractures could have been avoided.
EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT The transcript of a Witness Seminar held by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, London, on 14 March 2006 Edited by L A...
as titanium, silicone, or apatite depending on what is the... and hip replacements. Examples include a wide variety of pins... Class III devices include replacement heart valves and...
on hip implants SCENIHR adopted this Opinion at the 7 th plenary... on hip implants. There are two commonly used types of total hip arthroplasty (THA) (i) "stemmed" implants consisting of a...
Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most successful... Among 29 patients who could recall the experience during the... Cementless hemispherical titanium cup (Mirabo; Corentec...
Before a medical device or implant is approved, it typically undergoes testing by the U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA). ; The FDA is supposed to examine each medical device for safety and efficacy. In reality, they’re unable to screen every single device and surgical tool. ; At times, implant manufacturers push the FDA to approve a medical implant before the implant has been adequately and thoroughly tested. They do this for a variety of reasons: ; In recent years, the approval process for medical devices has been accelerated more so than before, and manufacturers tend to push for faster device approval and less rigorous testing. Frequently, the FDA approves a new device, prosthesis, or implant from its “substantial similarity” to an already existing device. But in some cases, they’re not equivalents at all. Would you trust the same material on a metal hip to be used for a non-metal knee implant?
All necks used were made of titanium alloy. The average follow-up time was 9.6 years (range... total hip replacement? J Bone Joint Surg Am 91(Suppl 6):121–128. (PMID: 10.2106/JBJS.I....
This may be due to the lower modulus of the titanium alloy used for the stem, allowing for increased metal transfer and surface damage when loaded against a cobalt alloy modular neck, which...
[6][7] A similar condition has been also described when titanium dental implant degradation... Contents 1 Physical effects and symptoms 1.1 Complications 2 DePuy hip replacement recall 3...