Hip Replacement Patients Urged To Register with HipRecallRegistry.com
The Nationwide Hip Recall Registry is seeking to locate hip implant and hip replacement patients who have been notified by their Surgeons or Hospital that they have received an ASR Hip replacement during their hip replacement surgery.

WASHINGTON, DC, December 29, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- All hip replacement patients are being asked to voluntarily register with the Hip Recall Registry. Registration will allow patients to email alerts concerning recalls, warnings and legal issues in regards to their specific brand and model hip replacement.

Currently warnings have been issued for the following hip replacement devices: Zimmer Inc.'s Durom Replacement Acetabular Component , Zimmer Durom Cup, Stryker Corporation's Trident PSL and Hemispherical Acetabular Cups, Depuy Orthopedic's ASR XL Acetabular System, ASR Hip Resurfacing System.

The Hip Recall Registry is now reaching out to Depuy ASR hip replacement patients as the recalled Depuy hip replacements appear to be failing at higher than expected rate. Approximately 1 in 8 patients will require a second surgery to replace the defective Depuy ASR hip implant. In the past five years over one million patients have undergone a hip replacement, with the vast majority being successful initially, but clearly based on growing data there is a high failure rate wth certain defective hip replacement products.

The goal of the Hip Recall Registry is to identify and register hip replacement patients which will allow for email notifications concerning recalls, warnings and legal issues specific to their brand and model hip replacement.

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Mindy Cohen
Hip Recall Registry
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