Comment by scribu

There’s a broader story about poor regulation in the medical implant industry as a whole. [1]

Unlike drugs, implants don’t need to go through clinical trials in most cases.

Furthermore, there is no central registry for aggregating problems that patients experience with particular devices.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/25/revealed-fau...

Edit: Summarized main problems from The Guardian article.