Over the past several years, the Biomet ball-and-socket hip replacement system has drawn increasing scrutiny from patients, physicians, medical professionals, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Namely, the M2A Magnum Hip Replacement System and the MoM Total Hip Arthroscopy System have come under fire for allegedly cause severe pain,... Read more »

The 74 year-old Irish medical device company, Stryker Orthopaedics, has been hit with a Rejuvenate hip lawsuit by Mr. John Dabney, a resident of Jefferson County, Alabama, and his wife, Ms. Judith Dabney. The Dabney’s suit, filed January 5, 2015, has been consolidated in MDL (multidistrict litigation) 2441 entitled In... Read more »

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente have confirmed there is no way for doctors to spot uterine sarcoma before performing a laparoscopic hysterectomy or myomectomy with morcellation. As a result, morcellation may spread cancer throughout the abdomen. On December 11, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology published the report examining the... Read more »

Each year, about 100,000 women undergo surgical procedures to remove uterine fibroids in U.S. health care facilities. It is estimated that one in 350 removal procedures using power morcellators results in the spread of undetected cancer throughout the body. A power morcellator is a device that uses a fast-spinning blade... Read more »

Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and his wife, Dr. Amy Reed, have launched a crusade aimed at convincing the FDA that a complete and total ban on power morcellators is necessary to save lives. Like many other women who have filed a cancer-related power... Read more »

Court records show that last month five new product liability complaints were filed in Bergen County Superior Court, alleging complications with the Stryker Accolade TMZF hip stem and LFIT anatomic V40 femoral head. The plaintiffs argue that the hip replacement components suffer design defects and are defectively manufactured, causing fretting... Read more »