{"id":8508,"date":"2011-10-21T19:22:53","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T23:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/?p=8508"},"modified":"2015-07-14T12:46:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T16:46:01","slug":"fda-receives-over-5000-reports-of-hip-implant-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/fda-receives-over-5000-reports-of-hip-implant-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Receives Over 5,000 Reports of Hip Implant Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The unique threat of metal-on-metal implants is being discovered by researchers. All implants will release debris, but all-metal implants pose a particularly special problem because scavenger cells inside the body will convert the debris into biologically active metallic ions. This results in a reaction that may annihilate muscle and tissue. Doctors are attempting to pin-down those at highest risk and how to monitor them.<\/p>\n<p>Studies suggest the number of patients affected by metal-on-metal hip replacements will drastically rise due to the tissue destruction caused by metal ions. All-metal hips fail at a rate three times higher than metal-and-plastic hips. The Food and Drug Administration has received over 5,000 reports concerning issues relating to the all-metal hips. One patient received a hip surgery that left him with significant pain. He researched doctors, then went to Boston to see a specialist, who has co-authored studies linking metal debris to aberrant tissue growth. His caseload has tripled over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>As a\u00a0metal on metal hip recall lawyer, I hope you do not experience any of the painful symptoms associated with the implants. If you or a loved one are harmed, discuss your case with a Germantown personal injury attorney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unique threat of metal-on-metal implants is being discovered by researchers. All implants will release debris, but all-metal implants pose a particularly special problem because scavenger cells inside the body will convert the debris into biologically active metallic ions. This results in a reaction that may annihilate muscle and tissue. Doctors are attempting to pin-down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defective-medical-devices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23369,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8508\/revisions\/23369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gblawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}