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Skyhook
Skyhook

I'm scheduled to have hip replacement surgery next month with the surgeon using Depuy products. Can anyone ease my mind of today's quality of this product? Should I go with product? Or try to find another surgeon using a different product? Just curious after reading about the recalls of 2010. Is there a better hip replacement prosthesis than the Depuy products I should consider?

Thank you!

Mike

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  • Loral
    Loral Skyhook

    Posted

    Mine are Zimmer....
    • Skyhook
      Skyhook Loral

      Posted

      Are you happy with them? Do you know anything about Depuy quality? This is my first hip replacement, I'm 57 years old and just want to try and get the best option. I have osteoarthritis in my hips but the left one is painful so all my family have decided I should get this surgery. Thanks for the reply.
    • Loral
      Loral Skyhook

      Posted

      I only know what my surgeon uses...I'm 54 had my surgery in May...So far so good. I was allergic to some metals so I have plastic, ceramic and titanium, no cement...I could hardly walk for 2 years didn't know my left hip was bone to bone, I suffered because I thought it was all related to my bad back...Go get it checked out, and if you don't want Depuy products tell him or find someone else. Good luck!
    • Skyhook
      Skyhook Loral

      Posted

      Same as me, left hip and bone on bone. Yea I don't really know what brand I want, I only started thinking and researching this today. Didn't even know there was so many brands and different materials. I appreciate all the info and I'll be calling my surgeon to find some answers on the brand and materials he's using for me and the reasons for his choices.

      Thank you, you've given me great information!

  • colinTN17
    colinTN17 Skyhook

    Posted

    Depuy are a Johnson & Johnson owned company and are currently being sued by patients who were fitted with metal/ metal prosthetics. It's not necessarily the manufacturing company it is the method. Make sure that your surgeon is using a high density cross linked polyolephine for the cup. There are dozens of prosthetics manufacturers so he doesn't have to use Depuy but if he does ask him why. I think that metal/metal have been banned now so you probably don't have a problem but make sure with surgeon and REFUSE metal/metal
    • Skyhook
      Skyhook colinTN17

      Posted

      Thank you for this info. Yes it's not metal/metal and the surgeon has given me a fairly good explanation of why he uses this Depuy prosthesis, however that was before I started to look at the recalls and all of the different manufactures. All makes and models of hip prosthetics seem to have a fair amount of lawsuits and problems with past products. I'm just curious if they have worked out most of the problems with the one my surgeon is using, probably not all potential problems are known I imagine.
    • colinTN17
      colinTN17 Skyhook

      Posted

      If u haven't already take a look at nor site. It's the National Joint Register
  • DawnHU5-UK
    DawnHU5-UK Skyhook

    Posted

    Hi Michael, my surgeon at the Spire used Depuy, but all ceramic. So far, 5 weeks in, no problems (touch wood!) but I realise this is very early days. He seemed to have every confidence in the product. Hope this helps a little.
    • Skyhook
      Skyhook DawnHU5-UK

      Posted

      Yes that gives some hope and piece of mind. I now know what to ask my surgeon about materials as I'm not completely sure what mine is made of. I'm scheduled for Mid March so I've still got time to learn. Thank you! 😉
  • shirley28014
    shirley28014 Skyhook

    Posted

    Hi Michael

    Sorry i cant be of help i am not familiar with Depuy products.

    My new hip was Exeter by Stryker metal.

    Hope all goes well .

    Kind Regards

     

  • sandra16826
    sandra16826 Skyhook

    Posted

    I am 5 months post op and also work in a sterile processing where we take care of Depuy implants. I have a Depuy hip titanium implant. The big recal had to do with the Metal Depuy implants...they have since changed to titanium and there are no problems. Depuy no longer uses metal on metal implants. 
    • colinTN17
      colinTN17 sandra16826

      Posted

      Wrong information I'm afraid Sandra. Titanium is a metal and is used because it fuses with bone better than any other metal. It is expensive so an alloy of cobalt chromium and molybdenum is often used for the ball. The recall has been due to metal metal hips at the cup and ball  rubbing together and releasing toxic metallic ions into the blood stream. Since the discovery of the problem ceramics are used and with metal ball cups are made of high density cross linked poly olefins.

      nickel has also been used in the alloy but this is one of the causes of metal allergies which is quite rare.

    • Skyhook
      Skyhook colinTN17

      Posted

      That's very specific information, thank you very much.
    • sandra16826
      sandra16826 colinTN17

      Posted

      I work at Kaiser Hospital and I remember when the MOM (metal on metal) trays were pulled from the shelves.....sorry, did not realize titanium is a TYPE of metal......I just know mom trays (METAL) used on patients were discontinued because of lots of issues. They are not used anymore, that's a fact.
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