The high failure rate of the ASR hip system was made public through the reports of the Australian National Joint Replacement Registry.  The negative feedback thrown at the all-metal hip implant of DePuy Orthopaedics urged the company to recall the devices in 2009.Recent reports say that an Australian government agency might require doctors to report defective implants.

Evidences that point to the recall is being gathered and investigated by Australia, as was done by the United States. The dir...
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