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Had TKR revision due to recalled replacement
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 11 12:31pm | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
Around 2022 I received letter from surgeon I had recalled parts. Then knee started to swell and ache all the time. I got my operation report and looked up serial numbers and found I had a defective part. Exactech is the manufacturer. My replacement was loose, broken and falling apart. Needed everything removed and new replacement put in. Exactech is supposed to compensate me for the inconvenience. Will see, that could take years.
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Do you think the symptoms you started having warranted a complete revision. Are you wishing you would have kept your original knee unless or until it got worse or were they mandating you have it redone? Did you have the same surgeon do the revision and what manufacturer and model did you switch to? My doc keeps telling me to give it more time and I'm just over 4 months. I know revisions are much more extensive a procedure so that likely translates to a much more difficult recovery. I hope you get better soon. My doctor swore by Exactech even knowing they'd had a recall stating they rectified the problem. 🤷🏼