STRYKER SAFETY NOTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN FEMORAL HEADS (Orthopedics This Week)
Stryker Orthopedics issued a Product Safety Notification related to the company's LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 Femoral Heads.
The company said it received "a higher than expected number" of complaints documenting femoral head/hip stem dissociation for certain sizes of LFIT heads manufactured prior to March 4, 2011.
The company added that with respect to the likelihood occurrence of the dissociation, the complaint rate is less than 0.3%.
Specific products within the notification are included in Catalog Numbers: 6260-9-(03...