Spanish Orthopedics scandal results in 6,000 patients under observation with faulty implants

6,000 patients under observation over faulty orthopedics scandal (el pais)

 
 
 
 
An unreported case in May 2014
Traiber’s expired orthopedic products began hurting patients six months before the AEMPS learned of it and issued a recall. The judge in charge of the case knows of at least one case on May 5, 2014 when doctors at Santa Tecla Hospital in Tarragona had to operate on a patient just six weeks after receiving a Traiber knee implant. During this second surgery, medics found that the recent implant was severely deteriorated and berated a Traiber representative for i...