Following a hip replacement surgery, a long-term and stable post-operative condition is every patient’s desperate wish. The insertion of hip implants adds a unique risk, because they ideally stay inside the joint for around 15-30 years. However, with the skill and competence of the surgeon, including the excellent quality of the implant, it should not be a serious problem. On the contrary, this is not the case with DePuy’s hip implants. A high number of their metal hip replacements have been discovered to be faulty, too faulty that it never should have leaked into the market.
This issue has then spread like wildfire in major countries. In America, the growing number of the thousand complaining victims are already expected. In the UK, the number of complaints against DePuy are also increasing in a very fast manner, so fast that it has caused the people to file a class action lawsuit against the international company. They demand damages for pain, significant reduction of savings and additional health care costs. After all, they have trusted the DePuy brand too much, and a faulty hip implant is what they get in the end.
Other countries also have their own share of complaints, although no formal lawsuits have been filed just yet. Victims from Australia are now expressing their extreme dismay. Investigations reveal that cobalt levels from a 66-year-old Australian are too high because of the seepage of such element into the bloodstream. In Ireland, the government is also alarmed because about 400 of its citizens are painfully affected by this growing problem.
Do not allow a defective metal-on-metal implant affect you. Do not let this ruin your daily work, and eventually, your life. If you suspect that you are affected by a faulty implant, or know of someone who is experiencing unexplainable pain after a surgery with a DePuy product, then contacting a hip replacement lawyer will be a wise decision to make.