US has no good system to track medical implants

Monday, October 5, 2009 - 14:21 in Health & Medicine

NEW YORK (AP) -- Three years ago, the maker of a surgical clip called the Hem-o-lok issued an urgent recall notice warning doctors to stop using the fasteners on living kidney donors. It said the clips could dislodge in their bodies, with "serious, even life-threatening consequences."...

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