Have you experienced problems involving a Zimmer NexGen CR Flex Knee Replacement? The Zimmer NexGen CR Flex Porous Femoral components have been associated with increasingly high incidences of knee replacement failure, revision knee surgeries, and painful loosening of knee implants.
If you or a loved one received a Zimmer NexGen CR Flex Porous Femoral knee implant, you may be entitled to compensation. Please contact our law firm by completing our short on-line Contact Form to speak with a Zimmer NexGen Lawsuit attorney, or call toll-free (888) 350-3931 for a free case evaluation.
Texas NexGen CR Flex Knee Implant Attorneys
The defective Zimmer NexGen CR-Flex product is a Femoral Implant. The femoral implant is synthetic device used to cap the femur (the thigh bone) at the point where it connects to the tibia at the knee. It is made of porous fiber metal and a cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy, and is attached to the femur without cement, unlike many other traditional knee implants.
Medical research findings presented in March 2010 indicate the cementless Zimmer NexGen femoral component failure rate could be as high as 9%, and countless other patients could experience significant pain and loosening of the replacement knee. Two prominent Chicago orthopaedic surgeons, Dr. Richard Berger and Dr. Craig Della Valle from Rush University Medical Center, have been using the product for a number of years; and are calling for a recall on Zimmer's NexGen knee replacement implants. Their experience shows that 36% of the implants were loose after two years, and 9.3% of the implants were either revised or scheduled to be revised because of looseness and associated pain. According to the doctors, "[t]his component is still commercially available but should not be used for any patient."
According to an article in the New York Times, Zimmer isn't persuaded by the study. Zimmer claims that the Chicago surgeons simply implanted the devices incorrectly, which ignores the extensive experience of these orthopaedic professionals. However, Zimmer once relied upon Dr. Berger to instruct other physicians on how to implant their devices. Zimmer has not been receptive to Dr. Berger's request for a voluntary recall of the Zimmer NexGen CR Flex knee implant.
Houston Knee Implant Lawyer
Approximately 130,000 knee replacement surgeries are performed every year in the United States. Zimmer Knee Implant lawyers at Hughes Ellzey, LLP are investigating potential lawsuits throughout the United States for claims on behalf of victims who received a NexGen CR Flex Zimmer-brand knee implant that is or may be defective. Zimmer has sold over 150,000 of these implants since the product was released in 2003, and the NexGen products make up 2% of the $1.76 billion in sales from 2009.
On July 29, 2010, a ranking member of the United States Senate Committee of Finance sent a letter expressing his concerns regarding the long-term performance of Zimmer orthopedic devices.
Contact a Zimmer Knee Replacement Lawyer
If you or a loved one received a Zimmer NexGen CR Flex Porous Femoral knee implant, you may be entitled to compensation. Please contact our law firm by completing our short on-line Contact Form to speak with a Zimmer NexGen Lawsuit attorney, or call toll-free (888) 350-3931 for a free case evaluation. There is no charge for us to review your case.
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