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Article: Medical device maker recalls artificial hip part after new study suggests increased risk of some cancer.(Saint Gobain Advanced Ceramics Desmarquest)(Brief Article)
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- Transplant News
- Article date:
- October 15, 2001
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Just as French medical device maker Saint Gobain Advanced Ceramics Desmarquest (SGACD) began voluntarily recalling a number of lots of femoral heads used in hip replacement, a new study has found that people who undergo such surgery are at a slightly increased risk for certain types of cancer.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said SGACD recalled the unimplanted inventory of a total of 9 batches of its zirconia ceramic femoral heads worldwide due to a higher-than-expected fracture rate. In the United States, where the part is used in less that 6% of the estimated 150,000 to 200,000 hip prostheses implanted annually, the recall is being handled by ...