What You Should Know About The DePuy Hip Recall

DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. has issued a voluntary hip replacement recall on their products the ASR XL acetabular system and the ASR hip resurfacing system on August, 2010. The announcement of this hip recall would affect about 93,000 patients all over the world.

The reason for this recall is the high revision rate of both ASR hip replacement devices. The data that was gathered by the manufacturing company itself showed that about 12% (1 out of 8) of the patients that was implanted by the ASR XL acetabular systems are subject to a revision surgery, while approximately 13% ( 1 in 8) of the persons who had the ASR hip resurfacing system are also subject to a second surgery, and that is all after just 5 years of the hip replacement surgery.

The recall means that the patients who have had their hip replacement surgeries on or after July 2003 (the date of manufacturing of the 2 hip replacement devices) needs to undergo several tests to see if the hip replacement systems that were implanted on them are functioning well.

There are chances that if you have received either of the two DePuy hip replacement systems you need to undergo a revision surgery wherein the existing hip replacement device in your body will be taken out and another device will be implanted on you.

The manufacturing company of the product has announced that it is willing to cover customary and reasonable costs related to the hip recall of the patients. The patients can avail of this service after they have agreed to sign a written contract allowing DePuy to have all your medical information and take possession of the actual device that will be taken off your body.

Although this seems to be a good deal, there are many hip recall lawyers that are advising the patients no to sign anything for the manufacturing company of the faulty product that they received. Hip recall lawyers are persons who handle the legal cases about hip recalls. You may want to seek their help to be able to be fully informed about your legal rights regarding the matter.

All the patients that are subject to the recall may incur a lot of considerable losses because of the malfunction of the device. May it be physical, emotional or financial losses, all of the patients should be given the right to receive the proper compensation that they deserve.