Stryker Hip Implant Recall | 合法醫療器材資訊網

From 2009 to 2013, the Stryker Corporation issued permanent recalls for two of the company’s hip replacement systems[1] and multiple recalls for one of its hip stems.

It recalled the Rejuvenate and ABG II hip implants in 2012, halting all global sales and production of the components. The recall came three months after Stryker issued an urgent field safety notice to surgeons and hospital risk managers describing the potential health hazards[2] associated with the two products.

Complications included corrosion and fretting (wearing away), which allow shards of metallic components to leach into a patient’s tissues, bones and bloodstream. The side effects can cause a condition known as metallosis, a type of metal poisoning[3].

Another hip stem, the Accolade TMZF, has also been associated with adverse health events[...