Description of Event or Problem · 1
I HAD A TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT -RIGHT SIDE- IN (B)(6) 2005. I HAVE HAD THREE HIP REPLACEMENT DISLOCATIONS SINCE THEN. THE LAST ONE WAS (B)(6) 2010. I WENT TO MY DOCTOR -DR. (B)(6), (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER, (B)(6)- THAT DID THE HIP REPLACEMENT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE. HE TOOK X-RAYS AND SAID EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO FIX. LAST NIGHT I HEARD ON THE NEWS THAT THERE IS A DEPUY HIP REPLACEMENT RECALL. I PULLED MY HIP REPLACEMENT PAPERWORK AND THE INFORMATION ON MY PARTS ARE LISTED DEPUY: DEPUY PINNACLE SECTOR ACETABULAR CUP SZ MM 50 REF: 1217-22-050, LOT# ZF2CD1000 DEPUY PINNACLE CANCELLOUS BONE SCREW DIA MM 6.5 MM LGT 35, DEPUY MARATHON ACETABULAR LINER NEUT LNR ANG 50 MM 0D 28 MM, (B)(4) V40TM ALUMINA FEMORAL HEAD -2.7MM 28MM CASE (B)(4). THIS, IN MY OPINION, SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. THE FIRST TIME I WAS BENDING FORWARD LEANING TO THE RIGHT, THE SECOND TIME I WENT TO SIT DOWN ON THE SOFA, THE THIRD TIME I WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR AND WAS IN A CURLED POSITION AND WENT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT ON THE OTTOMAN. IT'S POPPING OUT TOO EASILY. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.