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Zimmer Hip Class Action Lifting

Created by johnathanfowler6 on Thursday, May 07, 2009

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Recently the FDA has received a large amount of reports stating that surgeons performing revision surgeries on individuals with the Zimmer Hip.. Initial results indicate that while in surgery, the surgeons have noticed a migration or loosening of the acetabular component of the Zimmer Durom Cup.
In all likelyhood, the Zimmer Durom Hip failure will necessitate patients to undergo a second hip revision surgery. One of the key indicators that a hip implant is faulty is Zimmer Hip Pain, caused from broken hip implants, defective hip implants or a faulty hip implant. Individuals who have received a Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant are have some concerns are encouraged to contact either their orthopedic surgeon or the hospital that was responsible for performing the surgery. The main purpose in doing so is determine if the Zimmer Hip Cup was used in your specific hip replacement surgery and if so, to aid in determining if the specific hip replacement may be in a failure state.
A world renowned orthopedic surgeon has recently submitted a report, individuals that have undergone a Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant have been required to have hip replacement revision surgeries due to the device failing to seat properly and migrating .
There has been ongoing investigations by lawyers into the Durom implant and consequently seeking Zimmer hip class action settlements for patients from Zimmer that have been implanted with a defective Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant.
The Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Replacement has been reported by surgeons to come loose and the Zimmer Durom Cup was taken off the market as of July 24, 2008. The Zimmer hip recall was prompted after defects of the Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Replacement were brought to light to the medical profession on Apr twenty-two, 2008, by Dr. Larry Dorr. Plenty of Dr. Dorr's patients who were implanted with the Zimmer Hip needed hip revision surgery due to the Zimmer Durom Cup failing to bond properly.
Dr. Dorr wrote the following letter to his colleagues at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons warning of the mess ups and defects related to Zimmer's Durom hip cup after notifying Zimmer of the issues with the Zimmer Hip.

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