Recently the FDA has received a large amount of reports stating that surgeons performing revision surgeries on individuals with the Zimmer Hip.. The reports indicate that while doing the Durom Cup Hip Replacement revision surgery that the acetabular component had either loosened from the original position or had migrated.

In all likelyhood, the Zimmer Durom Hip failure will necessitate patients to undergo a second hip revision surgery. After hip replacement surgery if pain persists then it is possible there was a faulty hip implant, a broken hip implant or a defective hip implant. Individuals who have received a Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant are have some concerns are encouraged to contact either their orthopedic surgeon or the hospital that was responsible for performing the surgery. The main purpose in doing so is determine if the Zimmer Hip Cup was used in your specific hip replacement surgery and if so, to aid in determining if the specific hip replacement may be in a failure state.

A world renowned orthopedic surgeon has recently submitted a report, people that have a hip implant using the Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant in many cases have been required to undergo a hip replacement revision surgery mainly due to the implant device not seating the way it should and/or migrating.

There has been ongoing investigations by lawyers into the Durom implant and consequently seeking Zimmer hip class action settlements for patients from Zimmer that have been implanted with a defective Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant.

The Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Replacement has been reported by surgeons to come loose and the Zimmer Durom Cup was taken off the market as of July 24, 2008. The Zimmer hip recall was prompted after defects of the Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Replacement were brought to light to the medical profession on Apr twenty-two, 2008, by Dr. Larry Dorr. Plenty of Dr. Dorr's patients who were implanted with the Zimmer Hip required hip revision surgery because of the Zimmer Durom Cup failing to bond properly.

Dr. Dorr wrote the following letter to his comrades at the American organisation of Hip and Knee Surgeons caution of the disasters and defects related to Zimmer's Durom hip cup after notifying Zimmer of the problems with the Zimmer Hip.