American’s are receiving more and more joint replacements every year. With the advent of modern day hip replacements, elderly individuals can extend the number happy and active years. Because this procedure has become so normal, a lot of people do not bother to ask or question their doctors, they also fail to question the joint replacement manufacturer regarding what quality assurance measures are in place. This has unfortunately caused serious injury and damages to yourself or to your loved ones. If someone you are close to has undergone a recent hip replacement surgery, read on for this important information about the manufacturer Zimmer Durom.

There are many reasons that you or a loved one may have received a Zimmer Durom hip replacement, ultimately it has possibly led to a dangerous or painful situation for yourself or one of your loved ones. Hip replacement, also known as hip arthroplasty, is a fairly common procedure where the hip joint itself is removed from the body and then replaced by an implant. This can be done for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to sever arthritic pain which was caused by the joint, or as a joint gets older it can be subject to damage or deterioration, or the treatment of a hip fracture, which seems to happen more often to the older generation.

What is considered to be modern hip replacement surgery has been in effect since the 70′s, which is why the idea may seem so commonplace to you. Zimmer Durom provides hip replacement devices for hip replacement surgeries, most often involves three separate pieces, engineered to duplicate the way a real joint works. Hip replacement kits include a piece of metal for part of the femur bone. There is also a component which facilitates natural movement that simulates a natural joint, lastly is the bone cement and / or screws that hold it all together.

A revision is often required to be performed after the initial hip replacement surgery, revisions are secondary hip surgeries that are performed to fix an issue remaining from the original hip replacement surgery. This can really cause a large amount of stress on elderly bodies and even on younger healthier patients. This is the main focus of what is becoming known as the Zimmer Durom recall. Surgeons and doctors were choosing the Zimmer Durom for patients that under normal conditions would require a full hip replacement, since it was designed to go the distance and last a long time. Even though this was the case, close to 12 percent of the people who received the Zimmer Durom hip implant needed a revision surgery within two years, prompting an outcry.

Zimmer Durom initially stated that this high failure rate was due to errors that the surgeons performed, they stopped selling their hip replacement device in July 2008. In a study funded by the company, what they found was that 8 percent of the people that received the initial hip replacement required a revision surgery withing a two year period. This significant revision percentage has basically led the medical and legal communities to accept that the issue is the device itself and not the way in which it was inserted during surgery.

One thing is certain, if you have had a hip replacement surgery, or someone you know has had one over the last few years, ask your doctor if it was a Zimmer Durom. If it was, even if you have not had a failure of your hip replacement yet, you may be able to join a class action law suit. If you are contacted by Zimmer Durom, do not sign their legal release, or you may lose this right.

To find out all the details, visit www.zimmerduromrecallcenter.com to get more information as the situation unfolds.

Here is a link to their site: Zimmer Lawsuit

The time to take action is now!