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The paper, published in the British Medical Journal Open, describes how many of the Pinnacle metal-on-metal components made by Depuy were “found to be manufactured out of their specifications”.
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The disclosure will add to concerns about the safety of implants and will be likely to increase pressure on the regulators who oversee the industry.
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“The paper was “inconsistent with the results of many peer-reviewed studies that were conducted with more scientific rigor and transparency”
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The study looked at 489 metal-on-metal Pinnacle hips implanted into 434 patients. Of these, 352 patients attended recall clinics and 71 hip replacements were revised. The patients were from one hospital trust in northern England.
The study examined patients with 36mm replacements implanted by two of the report’s authors. The devices were examined by one of the authors at Newcastle University and North Tees Implant Centre.
The purpose of the paper was to determine the “risk factors” for revision. Four of the authors declared that they worked as experts for people suing companies producing metal-on-metal implants, with two saying they have worked alongside America authorities against Depuy.
After examining the 71 hip implants that formed part of the study, the authors state that “a significant number of devices were found to be manufactured out of their specifications”.
They say that this was confirmed by work carried out at the Northern Retrieval Registry – an organisation that examines devices that have been removed from patients after they have failed.
A spokesman for Depuy said that the paper was “inconsistent with the results of many peer-reviewed studies that were conducted with more scientific rigor and transparency”, that components sold were within specification, and that there were "no manufacturing problems with ULTAMET" as the paper suggests.
The company said they questioned the "validity of the...paper given significant flaws with how it was conducted, the limited data reported, and the clear conflicts of interest of some of its authors".
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