Description of Event or Problem · 1
I AM A (B)(6) FEMALE NURSE PRACTITIONER WHO HAD A LEFT TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT ON (B)(6), 2007, DUE TO HIP DYSPLASIA RESULTING IN END STAGE OSTEOARTHRITIS. A DEPUY PINNACLE SECTOR II CUP SIZE 52 REPLACEMENT WITH A CORALL #12 HA COATED STEM AND HEAD -METAL ON METAL- WAS USED. AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR, I DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANT DISCOMFORT -NO DISLOCATION- IN THE SAME HIP RESULTING IN THE NECESSITY OF A REVISION ON (B)(6), 2010. IN THE REVISION, A PINNACLE MARATHON LINER AND BIOLOX DELTA ARTICULES HEAD WERE USED. I HAVE THE OPERATING ROOM REPORTS OF EACH SURGERY. MY CONCERN IS THAT I STILL HAVE A CONSTANT ACHE IN THIS HIP, WORSENED WITH ACTIVITY TO THE POINT OF PREVENTING A LONG WALK. I'M AWARE OF THE DEPUY ASR RECALL. IS THERE ANY DATA REGARDING THE DEPUY PINNACLE? THESE SURGERIES HAVE BEEN VERY COSTLY. I BELIEVE MY ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON ACTED IN GOOD FAITH AND APPROPRIATELY BUT WITH FAULTY EQUIPMENT. DATES OF USE: (B)(6) 2007 - (B)(6) 2010. DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: HIP DYSPLASIA; END STAGE OSTEOARTHRITIS.