Hip Replacement Patients Urged To Register with HipRecallRegistry.com

WASHINGTON, DC, December 29, 2010 (Press-News.org) 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.

This National Hip Recall Registry can be found at http://www.HipRecallRegistry.com and was created to better communicate critical information regarding hip replacement recalls and warnings. The Hip Recall Registry is not associated with any Hip Manufacture or Government or Medical Agency. All hip replacement patients regardless of if their hip implant manufacture are urged to registry.