Sales of a widely used artificial hip component have been suspended in response to complaints by doctors that the product has a high failure rate.

Zimmer Holdings, Inc., the nation's largest manufacturer of orthopedic devices, has received numerous reports that hip-replacement patients receiving the Durom® Acetabular Component (or Durom® Cup) are developing complications after surgery. Doctors have complained that the cup is coming loose and causing extreme pain in some patients. The company has defended the products design, explaining it is temporarily halting distribution of the Durom® Cup while it (1) updates labeling to provide more detailed surgical technique instructions and (2) implements a surgical training program.

More than 12,000 people nationwide have undergone total hip arthroplasty (THA) with the Zimmer product, according to recent estimates. If the Durom® Cup of a THA patient loosens, additional surgery may be required to adjust or replace the component. In some cases, THA patients have suffered serious orthopedic setbacks as a result of product failure.

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