Imagine that you or a loved one suffered from debilitating hip pain. You were referred to an orthopedic surgeon who performed hip implant surgery. Your life was greatly inconvenienced as you had to take a leave of absence from work to recuperate. Your family rearranged their lives to help in your hip surgery recovery.

Having any invasive surgery is always a risk. Having the hip implant surgery was costly after paying all the deductibles. You are now relieved that your hip implant surgery is a fading memory.

Some New Jersey residents who received hip implant surgery since July 2003 will not face such a rosy future. New Jersey residents who were implanted with the ASR™ XL Acetabular System made by DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson's, will not be as fortunate. Recently, DePuy Orthopaedics recalled the ASR™ XL Acetabular System hip implant.

How does a medical device company recall a hip implant?

You don't want another hip implant surgery, known as revision surgery, to fix a recalled hip implant device.

You remember the pain, the fear of being hospitalized, the after effects of the anesthetic and being nauseous from the medication. Most of all you remember the financial and emotional burden placed on your family and the fear of losing your job.

Nothing has changed and yet everything will.

You don't want another hip implant; it's been less than five years.

What are your options? If you live in New Jersey and received hip implant surgery after July 2003, it's prudent to contact your doctor to find out what kind of hip implant you have? DePuy Orthopaedics says they will be pay for reasonable costs but what is reasonable?

Don't agonize. Recognize that Anapol Schwartz, New Jersey attorneys-at-law may be able to file a medical device hip implant claim on your behalf. Now is the time to seek legal assistance.