A hip replacement made by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)’s DePuy unit fails in the U.K. as often as 49 percent of the time, or four times what the company cited in recalling the device last year, a British orthopedists’ group said. The British Orthopaedic Association and the British Hip Society said in a statement this week [...]

Lawrence D. Dorr, M.D., medical director of the Dorr Arthritis Institute at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, is the first surgeon in the United States to perform a total hip replacement using the robotic MAKO image guidance technology, according to Laura Miller, writing in Orthopedic and Spine. The procedure uses the RIO system which features a [...]

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is facing a multi-million-pound legal claim after thousands of British patients were told that their hip replacement operations will need to be reversed. Many patients have been in excruciating pain – with some unable to walk – since having the operation, and now some of those affected are preparing a [...]

A number of new technologies and surgical techniques promise to “personalize” orthopedic operations such as hip and knee replacement, according to research to be presented at an educational program at Hospital for Special Surgery on October 15 and 16. During “Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery: Review of Emerging Technologies,” prominent orthopedic researchers will discuss how innovative [...]

* DePuy Orthopaedics recalls two hip replacement systems * ASR XL Acetabular, Hip Resurfacing systems recalled * More damage to J&J’s reputation seen * J&J shares slightly lower (Adds more analyst’s comment, updates stock prices) By Debra Sherman CHICAGO, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), whose consumer unit has been plagued by massive [...]