Shezad Malik is an Internal Medicine and Cardiology specialist, a Texas Medical Doctor (retired) and Defective Medical Device and Dangerous Drug Attorney.
Short answer, YES. Minimally invasive or laparoscopic removal of the uterus, know as hysterectomy is one of the most common medical procedures performed in the United States. And according to some experts, the procedure may be over-utilized for treatment of fibroids or benign tumors of…
The epidemic of premature metal on metal hip implant failure continues surge at an alarming rate. DePuy ASR, DePuy Pinnacle, Biomet Magnum, Smith and Nephew, Wright Conserve, Zimmer Durom cup and Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II, are among hip replacements that continue to fail prematurely…
Every year, thousands of patients are implanted with a retrieval inferior vena cava filters (IVC) but they are not warned by doctors about the risk of injury from these temporary devices. And as time passes, patients tend to forget that they had this device implanted…
Many hip and knee surgery patients develop bacterial infections of their implants, leading to painful re-do surgeries, long term antibiotic use and in severe cases amputation because of overwhelming infection. There are many causes for this, including patient and surgical factors and some experts sp
According to a recent ruling by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML), all filed Bard Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter injury, perforation and migration lawsuits, are to be consolidated and centralized before one federal judge in Phoenix, Arizona for coordinated pretrial proceedi
According to recent research, the new blood thinners Xarelto and Pradaxa are no safer than warfarin when it comes to bleeding and complications like heart attacks and strokes. Researchers found no difference in the risk of bleeding events or arterial thromboembolism events between any of…
There are now over 2,000 federal claims involving Androgel, Testim, Axiron and other alleged testosterone injury lawsuits caused by side effects of low testosterone drugs. Federal Multi District Testosterone Litigation Since June 2014, all federal testosterone drug injury and product liability lawsu
Over the past 5 years, transvaginal mesh injury lawsuits have been winding their way through both the federal and state court system. According to recent reports, there may some good news to share with affected women about a major vaginal mesh and bladder sling manufacturer…
The two biggest players in the inferior vena cava device manufacturers include CR Bard and Cook Medical. As the number of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter lawsuits continue to climb, new research points to the Cook Celect filter for the high rate of strut perforations.…
There are many product liability lawsuits being filed against the manufacturers of power morcellators. The injured women claim that patients and doctors should have been warned about the risks associated with use of the medical devices during minimally invasive, laparoscopic hysterectomies. What Are
As the number of lawsuits filed against power morcellators increases across the United States, it is worthy to note the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) response regarding the routine use of power morcellators during minimally invasive laparoscopic removal of uterus fibroids and hysterectomy. F
According to court filings, there are many personal injury, wrongful death and defective product liability lawsuits being filed against the manufacturers of power morcellator medical devices. The injured women and their grieving families claim that the patients and doctors should have been warned ab
