News tagged with 'Knee Replacement'

Sulzer Orthopedics Inc.'s $1 billion settlement proposal is "fair, adequate and reasonable," U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley decided Wednesday. The company, which is a subsidiary of Switzerland's Sulzer Medica, offered the amount to settle thousands of lawsuits stemming from the recalls of the company's popul

Health officials investigating the mysterious deaths of three Minnesota men who died after undergoing elective knee surgery made a stunning discovery last week when they found that one of the men may have contracted a fatal infection from donor tissue taken from a cadaver. Doctors report that the 23-year-old man, who

The Minnesota State Health Department has lifted a suspension on all elective knee surgeries that was imposed after three men mysteriously died last month. The State's epidemiologist concluded last week that such operations were safe and could resume as normal. Brian Lykins, 23, and Wayne Hulterstrum, 78, died Novemb

The mysterious deaths of three men who became ill after undergoing elective knee surgery at two hospitals in Minnesota has led the State Health Department to request a suspension of all elective knee surgeries for one week. Brian Lykins, 23, and Wayne Hulterstrum, 78, died November 11 after knee surgery at St. Cloud H