Knee Implant Failures and Bone Cement
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What is bone cement and how it is used? Patients’ medical conditions sometimes require the implantation of a medical device…
Knee Implant Failures May Be Due to Bone Cement
Patients who have had a knee replacement and a knee implant failure may be suffering due to high-viscosity bone cement…
First Death Related to Vaping
The first known death directly related to vaping has been reported in Illinois. State health officials reported the death on…
Allergan Breast Implant Recall
A worldwide recall has been issued by Allergan for its tissue expanders and Biocell textured breast implants. Both of these…
Apple Recalls Macbook Pro After Reports of Fire Risk
Earlier this month, Apple reported that over 432,000 of their MacBooks needed to be recalled due to injury reports. The…
FDA Plans to Review Surgical Stapler Safety
In March this year, Kaiser Health News conducted an investigation that found that the FDA gave manufacturers of surgical staplers…
FDA Issues Class I Recall For Ethicon’s Circular Surgical Staplers
KBA previously noted problems with surgical staplers. Once again, defective surgical staplers are in the news. (more…)
Public Access to Medical Device Problem Files – FDA Says
FDA says secret files on medical device problems will be opened to the public One of the ways that consumers…
After Injuries, FDA Orders Transvaginal Mesh Off The Market
Lawsuits against manufacturers of surgical mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse have been filed in the tens of thousands after…
Medical Scopes Still Causing Superbug Infections And Deaths
During an endoscopy, medical scopes are inserted into a patient’s body. Whenever a foreign instrument is placed inside the body,…