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Durom Cup Problems Prompt Calls For Tracking System

-InjuryBoard.com

08/28/2008- In July the world’s largest manufacturer of hip replacement products, Zimmer, announced that they were suspending sales of the Durom Cup artificial hip replacement after concerns were raised about possible design flaws. Prominent Los Angeles orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Lawrence Dorr, first raised questions about the device last year when he began to see problems in patients that he implanted with the Durom Cup. Patients that had planned on living pain free lives following their hip replacement surgery began returning to him in agony months later, many in need of additional surgery or another replacement.

If these patients would have been living in Australia, Great Britain, Norway, or Sweden they may have been spared the pain and suffering that they have endured as a result of being implanted with the Durom Cup. This is because in the United States, unlike the above mentioned countries, a national database and tracking system for artificial joints does not exist. A tracking system for these types of devices could drastically increase feedback and response to problems associated with artificial joints.

If you or a loved one have suffered or been injured from a defective Zimmer Duron Cup Hip Implant you may be entitled to compensation. Contact the Zimmer Hip Implant attorneys of Ennis & Ennis today for a free confidential case evaluation. Our on staff nurse and lawyers are standing by to answer any questions you may have regarding the Zimmer Hip Implants, a possible Zimmer class action lawsuit, or any other type of Zimmer hip implant litigation.