Lawsuits began being filed when DePuy Orthopaedics issued a voluntary recall on two of their hip replacement devices, the ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System. There were about 93,000 units of these implants that were sold worldwide and studies revealed that 11,000 recipients are affected causing them to need a risky and expensive hip revision surgery. Some of the symptoms experienced by affected patients are intense pain, swelling in the hip area, limited or loss of mo...


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