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The Choppy Road of the Zimmer Hip Implant
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In the year 2003 Zimmer Holdings, the largest manufacturer of orthopedic devices, introduced a new hip replacement device to the European market.
It was known as the Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant. The Zimmer Durom Hip Implant was used successfully in Europe over 12,000 times before it was introduced to the American market in 2006. The success rate of the procedures here in the US has not been that great with hundreds of patients requiring revision surgery to correct problems with their implants. Lawsuits have erupted, and Zimmer has halted sales of the device pending better training methods.
Surgeons who replaced the Zimmer Durom Hip Implant in their patients say that the equipment itself is defective. Zimmer counters with the fact that it has been so successful in Europe and suggest that the American surgeons must be at fault.
They do concur, however, that physicians haven't had the necessary training in order to adequately perform the hip implant procedure and that this inadequacy has been paramount in the failure rate of the hip cup replacement surgeries.
Here is a very informative site focused on Durom Implants.
With this fact in mind, Zimmer suspended implant sales in the US on their own, until a method for providing better training levels to surgeons is put in place. Some medical professionals are still blaming the hip implant itself and are unwilling to perform more implant surgeries no matter what kind of training they are offered.
Take a look at this video all about dorum hip.
It was known as the Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant. The Zimmer Durom Hip Implant was used successfully in Europe over 12,000 times before it was introduced to the American market in 2006. The success rate of the procedures here in the US has not been that great with hundreds of patients requiring revision surgery to correct problems with their implants. Lawsuits have erupted, and Zimmer has halted sales of the device pending better training methods.
Surgeons who replaced the Zimmer Durom Hip Implant in their patients say that the equipment itself is defective. Zimmer counters with the fact that it has been so successful in Europe and suggest that the American surgeons must be at fault.
They do concur, however, that physicians haven't had the necessary training in order to adequately perform the hip implant procedure and that this inadequacy has been paramount in the failure rate of the hip cup replacement surgeries.
Here is a very informative site focused on Durom Implants.
With this fact in mind, Zimmer suspended implant sales in the US on their own, until a method for providing better training levels to surgeons is put in place. Some medical professionals are still blaming the hip implant itself and are unwilling to perform more implant surgeries no matter what kind of training they are offered.
Take a look at this video all about dorum hip.
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