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2011 – Study finds high rate of LAP-BAND erosion, details symptoms
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2008 – More than 1 in 4 LAP-BAND patients found to require additional surgery
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2006 – Doctors warn against LAP-BAND use, citing 40% 5-year failure rate
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2002 – One in ten LAP-BAND patients requires revision surgery
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2004 – LAP-BAND erosion found to be five times higher than advertised
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2005 – 40% of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Patients Require Reoperation
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2012 – Very high rate of pseudotumors seen with metal-on-metal hip replacements
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In a 2012 study appearing in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research titled “Pseudotumors are common in well-positioned low-wearing metal-on-metal hips.”, AK Matthies et al. write “Pseudotumors are sterile inflammatory lesions found in the soft tissues surrounding metal-on-metal (MOM) and metal-on-polyethylene hip arthroplasties. In patients with MOM hip arthroplasties, pseudotumors are thought to represent…
2010 – Pseudotumors, high metal ion levels associated with metal-on-metal hip replacements
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A 2010 article published in Journal of Orthopaedic Research by YM Kwon et al. titled “Lymphocyte proliferation responses in patients with pseudotumors following metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty.” studied “the incidence and level of metal-induced systemic hypersensitivity in patients” who underwent metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty (MoHRA), “both with and without pseudotumor by measuring lymphocyte…
2013 – Pseudotumors linked to metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty
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In 2013, a paper published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research titled “The natural history of inflammatory pseudotumors in asymptomatic patients after metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty.” by SA Almousa et al. provides background for itself, stating in part “Although pseudotumors have been reported in 32% of asymptomatic metal-on-metal hips, the natural history of asymptomatic…