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The DePuy ASR Hip Implant Recall and Questions About Your Georgia Doctors

By M. Brandon Smith

Over the last few months our office has been flooded with calls from patients suffering pains, dislocations, injuries and concerns over the DePuy ASR Hip Implant Recall that officially began in August of 2010. Georgia patients with the ASR implant devices in them have raised valid concerns about their cobalt levels, the blood levels, and what the future holds for them. The importance of having one's cobalt tested and carefully monitored has been discussed here.

One of the most common recent questions we have encountered is what responsibility, if any, do the doctors and/or orthopedic surgeons that implanted these ASR Hip Implant devices have in this nationwide recall. Our firm's research and findings is clear: NONE in 99.99% of the cases we have seen.

The reason for this, among many others, is that DePuy and it representatives failed to convey their findings on the ever increasing failure rates of the DePuy ASR devices to the surgeons (and their medical teams) and further made a product that was out right defective according to many learned medical scholars like Stephen Tower and other experienced medical providers.

Unfortunately there is a lot more information we have on these findings but we can only discuss so much in a public forum. Rest assured however, the fault of these injuries pains and problems of cobaltism and metallosis relate to DePuy and its ASR Hip Implant, NOT the medical providers out that there that are trying to help their patients adequately address these issues and perform revision surgeries on those that need them.

In Georgia, some of the following experienced orthopedic surgeons are helping patients overcome the difficulties of the ASR Hip Implants and are further seeking to ensure their patients are properly examined and treated:

Dr. Anuj Gupta and Dr. John D. Henry of Peachtree Orthopaedics Clinic

Dr. David J. Covall of Resurgens Orthopaedics

Dr. Neil J. Negrin of Atlanta Sports Medicine

Dr. Christopher A. Jarrett of Southern Orthopaedic Specialists,LLC

Dr. Kenneth Sands of Harbin Clinic

Dr. Murice Jove and Dr. Scott A. Barbour of Georgia Bone and Joint Specialists

Dr. John Keating of The Keating Group and Atlanta Medical Center

Dr. Dougls A. Phillips of Orthopaedic Associates of Augusta, P.A.

If you have questions about your DePuy ASR Hip Implant and want a free legal evaluation of your potential claim or have questions about Broadspire, contact our Georgia Hip Implant Lawyers based in Atlanta, Georgia. We can further explain why we think the above surgeons, among many others, are NOT the source of your problems and pains and why DePuy Orthopaedics and Johnson and Johnson should be the focus of your anger and concern. We can also discuss how the ASR lawsuit consolidation into the DePuy MDL 2197 (transferred to the Northern District of Ohio) will affect you and your case.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by M. Brandon Smith

Full post as published by Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer on March 08, 2011 (boomark / email).