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Failed Knee Surgery Medical Malpractice Lawsuit,
Defective Knee Replacement Lawsuit,
Failed Knee Replacement Surgery Lawsuit, and Failed Knee
Surgery Lawsuit Information
by Texas Failed Knee Replacement Surgery
Lawyer Jason Coomer
Failed
knee replacement surgery can cause severe pain, serious injuries,
physical impairment, mental anguish, and the need for additional knee
replacement surgery.
Failed knee replacement surgery can be caused by
medical negligence or defective knee implants.
Regardless, as to whether the failed knee replacement surgery
lawsuit is caused by a defective implant,
and/or medical negligence, a
failed knee replacement lawsuit can take significant resources to
investigate and litigate. When investigating
these potential failed knee replacement surgery lawsuits, it is important
to know what implant has been used as well as to obtain
medical records of the surgery.
If you or a
family member have
been the victim of a failed knee replacement surgery including a
defective knee replacement implant, please feel free to
submit an
inquiry or
send an e-mail to Texas failed knee replacement surgery lawyer Jason Coomer.
He is a Texas defective product lawyer & medical
negligence lawyer and commonly works with other failed knee
replacement
surgery lawyers throughout the nation.
FDA Recall of Zimmer NexGen Knee Solution MIS Tibial
Components, Potential Failed Knee Surgery NexGen Knee Lawsuits,
Defective Knee Replacement Lawsuits,
Failed Knee Replacement Surgery Lawsuits, and Failed Knee
Surgery Lawsuits
On September 13, 2010, the FDA issued a
Class II recall for Zimmer NexGen Knee Solution MIS Tibial
Components, locking screw, and stem extensions. It is
expected that this NexGen Knee Solution MIS Tibial Component
recall may only be the beginning of wider potential recalls
and failed knee surgery lawsuits as there are similar Zimmer
NexGen knee products including Zimmer NexGen MIS, cementless
Zimmer NexGen products, Zimmer NexGen Hi-Flex and Zimmer
NexGen Gender Solutions that may have be the subject of
future recalls and lawsuits.
Below is information from the FDA
regarding the NEXGEN COMPLETE KNEE SOLUTION recall:
Medical & Radiation Emitting Device
Recalls Class 2 Recall NEXGEN COMPLETE KNEE SOLUTION MIS
TIBIAL COMPONENTS, LOCKING SCREW AND STEM EXTENSIONS see
related information Date Posted September 13, 2010 Recall
Number Z-2409-2010 Product NexGen complete knee solution MIS
total knee procedure stemmed tibial component fixed bearing
precoat size 2, sterile, REF 00-5950-027-02, Zimmer Inc.
Warsaw, IN.
This device is indicated for patients
with severe knee pain and disability due to: Rheumatoid
arthritis, osteoarthritis, traumatic arthritis,
polyarthritis. Collage disorders, and/or avascular necrosis
of the femoral condyle. Post-traumatic loss of joint
configuration, particularly when there is patellofemoral
erosion, dysfunction or prior patellectomy. Moderate valgus,
varus, or flexion deformities. The salvage of previously
failed surgical attempts or for a knee in which satisfactory
stability in flexion cannot be obtained at the time of
surgery. NexGen TM Tibial Trays may be used with or without
bone cement (biological fixation). NexGen MIS Tibial
Components and MIS Modular Tibial Plates and Keels are
intended for cemented use only.
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Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer Zimmer Inc.
1800 W Center St Warsaw, Indiana 46580-2304 Reason for
Recall The firm has received complaints of loosening of the
implanted device requiring revision surgery. There have been
114 MDRs filed all reported that the device loosened and the
patient required additional surgery to replace the device.
Failed Knee Replacement Lawsuit, Failed Knee
Replacement Surgery
Medical Malpractice Lawsuit,
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Zimmer NexGen Knee Solution MIS Tibial
Component Lawsuit, Failed Knee Surgery NexGen Knee Lawsuit,
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and Failed Knee
Surgery Lawsuit Information
by Texas Failed Knee Replacement Surgery
Lawyer, Jason Coomer
Failed
knee replacement surgery lawyer, Jason S. Coomer handles failed
replacement
surgery lawsuits including defective product lawsuits and medical negligence lawsuits that can cause catastrophic injuries,
physical impairment, disability and the need for additional
knee replacement surgery.
These failed knee replacement surgery lawsuits can be caused by defective
knee implants
or medical negligence, and can take significant resources to
investigate and file a lawsuit. When investigating
these potential failed back surgery lawsuits it is important
to know what implant had been used as well as to obtain
medical records of the surgery.
Knee replacement, or knee arthroplasty,
is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing
surfaces of the knee joint to relieve the pain and
disability. During knee replacement, a surgeon cuts
away damaged bone and cartilage from the patient's
thighbone, shinbone and kneecap and replaces it with an
artificial joint made of metal alloys, high-grade plastics
and polymers. Knee replacement surgery can be
performed as a partial or a total knee replacement.
A total knee replacement is a surgical
procedure whereby the diseased knee joint is replaced with
artificial material. The knee is a hinge joint which
provides motion at the point where the thigh meets the lower
leg. The thigh bone (or femur) abuts the large bone of the
lower leg (tibia) at the knee joint. During a total knee
replacement, the end of the femur bone is removed and
replaced with a metal shell. The end of the lower leg bone
(tibia) is also removed and replaced with a channeled
plastic piece with a metal stem.
Unfortunately, defective materials
including defective component parts of knee joint implants
can cause significant pain, disability, and the need for
revision surgery. Further, medical mistakes during the
implantation surgery can also cause significant pain,
disability, and the need for revision surgery. These medical mistakes
often happen
when doctors and nurses get too busy, are understaffed,
under the influence of drugs, or are just not paying
attention.
As medical budgets go down and healing
people becomes more of a "for profit" business, cost cutting
measures are causing more medical mistakes. Overworked
surgeons,
doctors, residents, and nurses are much more likely to make
mistakes than well rested health care professionals.
Medical mistakes also happen more often
when no one is watching. It is extremely important
when you are in the hospital to have someone that is with
you and watching out for your well being. This is
especially true if you have an allergy to certain types of
medicines. Communication with your health care
professionals is also important and can greatly limit
medical mistakes.
Communication Helps Prevent Many Medical Mistakes
It is always a good idea to have
someone that you trust look out for you when you are in
the hospital. This person can communicate important
information regarding your condition and watch out for you
when you are in the hospital. It is important to make
sure that you or your medical advocate communicate with
health care professionals to limit the
mistakes that are made.
However, even with proper communication medical mistakes
are made. If a mistake is made, it
is important to report the mistake and if the mistake causes
serious injury or death it is important to investigate a
potential medical malpractice lawsuit. This is because
medical mistakes that no one knows about will not be noticed
and will not result in future better medical care.
Medical mistakes that are reported will help other patients
and are an essential part of the feedback needed to improve
our health care delivery system.
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Lawyer, Failed Knee Replacement Lawyer, Defective Total Knee
Replacement Lawyer, Defective Knee Surgery Lawyer, Knee
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Malpractice Lawyer, Failed Knee Replacement Medical Malpractice Lawyer,
and VA Failed Knee Replacement
Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Federal Tort Claim Lawsuits, VA Medical
Malpractice Lawsuits, Product Liability Defective Knee
Implant Lawsuits, and State Medical Malpractice Knee Injury
Lawsuits are some of the most complicated types of cases in
the practice of law. As a Federal knee surgery malpractice
lawyer, Product Liability knee surgery lawyer, and medical
malpractice lawyer that handles failed knee surgery lawsuits,
Jason Coomer works with Federal failed knee surgery medical
malpractice lawyers, Illinois knee surgery lawyers, failed
knee surgery lawyers, Chicago knee back surgery lawyers,
Chicago knee surgery Mistake Lawyers, Illinois knee surgery
medical mistake lawyers, failed knee implant lawyer, and
other failed knee surgery lawyers to seek compensation from
negligent doctors, companies manufacturing defective
products, and negligent health care providers that have
severely injured or killed patients through medical mistakes
and medical carelessness as well as defective back implant
products.
If you have a medical negligence claim
regarding failed knee surgery, wrongful death, failed implant
surgery,
or other serious injuries against a Federal Hospital, VA
Hospital, medical doctor, device manufacturer, or other health care provider,
feel free to contact Medical Negligence Lawyer Jason Coomer.
If you need a Texas Failed Knee Surgery
Medical Malpractice
Lawsuit
Lawyer with knowledge of Federal Medical Malpractice
Lawsuits
and/or
Texas Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, feel free to
contact Texas
Failed Knee Surgery Medical Malpractice
Lawsuit Attorney, Jason S. Coomer. His office frequently works with other
Medical Malpractice Lawyers throughout Texas and the United
States.
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by Texas Failed Knee Replacement Surgery
Lawsuits
Texas Failed Knee Replacement Surgery
Lawyer and Defective
Implantable and Medical Negligence lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, helps
individuals and families that have been injured or killed
from defective products and surgeon negligence. He
commonly works with other Failed Knee Replacement Surgery and Defective
Implantable Attorneys throughout the United
States and Texas on
defective product lawsuits and medical negligence
lawsuits.
If you have a question about a defective product and need a
defective product attorney or a medical negligence lawyer to advise you on a
potential failed surgery lawsuit,
contact Austin Texas
Failed Knee Replacement Surgery lawyer Jason Coomer.
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