{"id":1685,"date":"2008-02-05T17:17:44","date_gmt":"2008-02-05T17:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/dangerous_medical_devices_and\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:09:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:09:11","slug":"dangerous-medical-devices-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/dangerous-medical-devices-and\/","title":{"rendered":"DANGEROUS MEDICAL DEVICES AND DOCTORS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers who practice in the field of dangerous medical devices and drugs are never surprised to discover relationships  between physicians and pharmaceutical and medical device companies.  Recently, questionable ties between supposedly objective researchers and the maker of an artificial spinal disk have come to light.  An artificial spinal disk is a device that is used in place of conventional surgery during which patients\u2019 vertebrae are fused.<\/p>\n<p>In a study of nearly 240 patients with lower back pain,  physicians  reported that the artificial spine disk, manufactured by Prodisc, had worked much better than conventional fusion surgeries. A well-known spine specialist and one of the study\u2019s researchers said in a 2006 news release that \u201cas a surgeon, it is gratifying to see patients recover function more quickly than after fusion and return to their normal activities more easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Discovery in a lawsuit against the manufacturer has disclosed that the surgeon had a large financial interest in the outcome of the study.  So did other doctors at about half of the 17 research centers involved in the study.  Federal law requires that manufacturers inform the Food and Drug Administration of researchers\u2019 financial interest in a product or drug before the study is used to seek approval of a device.  It is unclear whether the disk\u2019s manufacturer made this information available to the FDA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/dangerous-medical-devices-and\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading DANGEROUS MEDICAL DEVICES AND DOCTORS\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers who practice in the field of dangerous medical devices and drugs are never surprised to discover relationships between physicians and pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Recently, questionable ties between supposedly objective researchers and the maker of an artificial spinal disk have come to light. 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