What You Need to Do If Allergan’s BIOCELL® Implants Are Causing Adverse Effects
Last week, we wrote about Allergan plc’s BIOCELL® textured breast implants and tissue expanders, briefly detailing the history of the product lines’ recall because of the discovery of adverse side effects in recipients. General burning, pain, and swelling around the area of implantation are just a few among a long list of negative side effects...
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Allergan’s BIOCELL® Textured Breast Implants Linked to Rare Lymphoma
In July 2019, Allergan plc issued a worldwide recall of two product categories, its BIOCELL® textured breast implants and its BIOCELL® tissue expanders. Over time, women who had received the BIOCELL® implants and expanders began developing breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a rare type of lymphoma (blood cancer). To be clear, BIA-ALCL is not...
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Allergan Textured Breast Implants Linked to Causing Cancer
Women Implanted with Allergan’s Textured Breast Implants Are Now at Risk for Cancer In July 2019, Allergan (a manufacturer of breast implants) issued a worldwide recall of its Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders. This recall was made at the behest of the FDA after the FDA discovered a link between the implantation of...
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The First BHR Hip Resurfacing Case Is Scheduled for Trial
Almost 600 BHR Hip Resurfacing hip replacement cases are in various stages of litigation in the U.S. District Court for Maryland in Baltimore Maryland. Judge Catherine Blake issued an amended Case Management Order to schedule the first case for trial against Smith & Nephew. Amended Case Management Order No. 16 has rescheduled the first BHR...
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Defective Hip Implants Are Leading to Lawsuits
Do You Know What Brand of Hip You Have? Hips are in the spotlight right now on some of the biggest stages around the world. Andy Murray, Sybil Shapiro, and Al Roker have all made successful comebacks in their respective fields after hip resurfaces and replacements. Unfortunately, for many other people, hip replacements have only...
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Hip Implant Recalls and How They Work
When a company learns that there is a problem with one of its medical devices, they have a responsibility to alert consumers. The company will propose a correction or removal depending on the type of situation. When the manufacturer does so, the FDA refers to this action as a “recall.” Medical devices are recalled when they...
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Trunnionosis—Once Again, Proof That Metal and Hips Don’t Mix
Thirty years ago, trunnionosis surfaced as a diagnosis to characterize corrosion and wear occurring in hip replacements at the head-neck interface that connects with the thigh bone (femur). Historically, orthopedic surgeons often found corrosion or wear associated with hip implant failures in the area of the hip bone (acetabulum), but not the femur. More recently,...
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History Repeats Itself: MDL Created for another Defective Zimmer Metal on Metal Hip Replacement
In recent years, federal MDL’s (Multi-District Litigations) have been created for a large number of defective metal-on-metal hip replacements, including Smith & Nephew’s BHR and R3; Stryker’s Rejuvenate, ABG II and LFIT V40; as well as many others. In 2010, a large number of cases involving Zimmer’s defective metal-on-metal Durom Cup hip replacement system were...
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Persistent Abdominal Pain, Nausea and Vomiting May Be Caused By Defective Hernia Mesh
Reports show that more than 90 percent of the 1-million-plus hernia repair surgeries performed every year in the U.S. rely on the use of hernia mesh. Unfortunately, many of these mesh products have been found to be defective. In fact, hernia mesh manufacturers have recalled more than 211,000 units of defective mesh from 2005 to...
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Metal on Metal Hip Replacements Linked to Serious Neurological Side Effects
A 2017 Health Watch study reported that elevated blood metal levels from metal-on-metal hip replacements are toxic to the brain. The findings of this research confirm an alarming and previously unknown risk of metal-on-metal hip replacements known as Arthroplasty Cobalt Encephalopathy (ACE). This condition includes a number of serious neurological side effects, including mood swings,...
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