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."...