Do you have a Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant? Dean Law Firm Attorneys Houston Texas

Do you have a Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant?

Do you have a Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant? There are many reports that the use of the implants have early failure and some patients have developed serious health problems and disabilities related to particles of metallic debris that are shed by the devices as they wear.

Please be advised the metal-on-metal hip replacement device manufactured by Depuy Orthopedics has been recalled. This device is under investigation for defects. The New York Times reports the hip implant in which the ball-and-socket components are made from metals like cobalt and chromium, accounted until relatively recently for about one-third of the estimated 250,000 hip replacement procedures. Many side effects of the malfunctioning implant are being recorded, including metallosis. Because these metals are dangerous the FDA on May 6 sent the request to J&J and 20 other device makers, including Biomet Inc., Stryker Corp. (SYK) and Zimmer Holdings Inc. (ZMH), asking them to study the levels of metals in patients for at least eight years after implantation.

Additionally, If the implant becomes loose it will continue to cause pain and the implant may also dislocate. In order to heal, surgery might be needed or an alternative hip implant. Bloomberg reports The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) to study whether its implants raise the level of metal in patients’ blood to dangerous levels.

If you or a family member has a Depuy metal-on-metal hip implant you might be entitled to receive compensation from the responsible parties with the help of James Christopher Dean. Mr. Dean is very sensitive toward the victims of this procedure and will help you to receive a settlement for your losses. Please contact our offices at 1.888.542.7060.

Plano Attorney Fights for His Neighbors as DePuy Hip Replacements Cause Suffering to His?Home Ground
Posted by: Christopher Dean
June 14, 2012

Attorney Jared Hagood is from Plano, Texas. He attended Plano Senior High School and recalls the close-knit community in which he grew up. Hagood is heartbroken when he receives calls from clients who cannot walk and are disabled or from people who have developed other serious health problems due to the DePuy hip replacement surgery. It touches him deeply, and he is especially sensitive to the subject when the callers are from Plano, his hometown, and the North Texas area. "I grew up in Plano. Some of my clients live in the neighborhoods where I grew up. Their children went to my high school. They are my neighbors, my parents' friends and their parents and grandparents, members of the community who helped shape me into the man I am today. Together, we stand against those who did this," Hagood says.

Prone To Failure, Some All-Metal Hip Implants Need To Be Removed Early
Posted by: Christopher Dean
March 27, 2012

According to NPR, Dr. Joshua Jacobs, chairman of orthopedics at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, reports that the metal-on-metal implant has a failure rate that is unacceptably high. For some patients, within the space of five years, all the metal replacements can cause terrible pain and may become loose. This results in the implants being replaced early.

If you or a family member have a metal on metal hip implant, you might be entitled to receive compensation from the responsible parties with the help of James Christopher Dean. Mr. Dean is very sensitive toward the victims of this procedure and will help you receive a settlement for your losses. Please contact our offices at 1.855.280.8900.

The British Orthopaedic Association Release
Posted by: Christopher Dean
August 05, 2011

Recently, The British Orthopaedic Association and British Hip Society released data that the metal on metal hip implants fail as often as 49% at 6 years for the DePuy ASR XL hip device. This is four times what Johnson & Johnson reported in 2010.

Download Statement by the President of the British Orthopaedic Association
Download the original press release by Johnson & Johnson in 2010

The attached simply demonstrates at two very important issues patients are upset about:

1. That J&J was not forthcoming with doctors about the risks/failure rates it knew about while it was still heavily marketing the ASR hip system.
2. That patients with ASR devices who currently are not suffering any of the side effects of this bad hip can expect a much higher probability of complications/failures as time goes on.