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Zimmer Durom Hip Implant
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Patients sue over Durom cup hip surgery; Zimmer blames surgeon training. Get a free lawsuit review when you complete the form below.
In recent news about the Zimmer Durom Cup, a woman relayed that she now experiences daily pain after having total hip replacement surgery in April 2007.
Reportedly, she had a Durom cup made by Warsaw-based Zimmer Inc. implanted in her right hip.
After such operations, the hip implant is supposed to fuse with bone.
Instead, however, it loosened, rubbing against nerves in the woman's hip.
This, she said, caused tremendous pain and requiring more surgery.
Our lawyers have heard frequently from other hip surgery patients who have had similar problems with the Zimmer Durom Cup.
Hip Surgery ProblemsIn July last year, Zimmer temporarily suspended the marketing and distribution of the product domestically after some U.S. surgeons reported higher-than-normal revision surgery rates using the Durom cup, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Zimmer reportedly updated labeling to provide more detailed surgical-technique instructions and implemented surgical-training programs in the U.S.
A suit filed in April in St. Clair County, Ill., on behalf of over 40 people, said the company was liable for its “defective and dangerous product” and accused Zimmer of concealing the product’s defectiveness.
Zimmer has maintained that problems associated with the Durom cup were related to training, not a product flaw. Zimmer has said the product is safe and effective.
But the woman's surgeon, who alerted colleagues last year to problems associated with the implant, thinks otherwise.
Dr. Lawrence Dorr, who has done consulting for Zimmer and still uses other company products, no longer uses the Durom cup.
Zimmer hip surgery lawsuitIf your Zimmer Durom cup hip replacement component failed to work, caused discomfort, or required replacement, please complete the form below to receive a free review of your case from our lawyers. A representative of our firm will be in touch shortly.
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