Exactech is facing lawsuits from people who were injured or needed surgery after the company recalled nearly 25,000 Truliant® Knee Systems that were implanted since 2017.
What You Can Do & How We Can Help
The Schmidt Firm, PLLC is currently accepting Exactech Truliant Knee Replacement induced injury cases in all 50 states. If you or somebody you know has been injured or needed surgery for a defective Truliant knee implant, you should contact our lawyers immediately for a free case consultation. Please use the form below to contact our Defective Medical Device Litigation Group or call toll free 24 hours a day at (866) 920-0753.
What is the Exactech Truliant Knee Implant?
Exactech is a medical device company that manufactures Truliant® Knee Replacement Systems. In February 2022, Exactech recalled 24,727 Truliant knee implants that were sold in the U.S. since 2017.
List of Recalled Truliant Knee Implants
- TRULIANT® CR Tibial Inserts
- TRULIANT® CR Slope Tibial Inserts
- TRULIANT® CRC Tibial Inserts
- TRULIANT® PS Tibial Inserts
- TRULIANT® PSC Tibial Inserts
What is the Problem?
Like other knee implants recalled by Exactech in February 2022, the Truliant® Knee System has a plastic insert to cushion the joint.
Unfortunately, this plastic (polyethylene) insert was packaged in an “out-of-specification” vacuum-sealed bag that did not actually keep oxygen out. Exactech warned that the plastic can oxidize more quickly due to early exposure to oxygen, causing it to wear out early and fail.
The problem can cause “severe damage” to the knee implant, as well as other problems, according to the recall notice:
“[The problem] can lead to both accelerated wear debris production and bone loss, and/or component fatigue cracking/fracture, all leading to corrective revision surgery.”
What is the Risk?
Exactech found a 3- to 7-fold increased risk for knee revision surgery due to complications of the plastic polyethylene insert (such as loosening, bone loss or pain), according to a study of joint registry data in Australia, the U.K., and New Zealand. The overall rate of knee replacement failures with Exactech Optetrak were 2-times higher.
Symptoms of Early Knee Failure
Patients who were implanted with a recalled Truliant knee replacement may experience the following symptoms if it fails:
- Knee pain
- Swelling or redness
- Instability
- Unable to put weight on the knee
- Trouble walking
- Falls
- Abnormal sounds (grinding, clicking, etc.)
- Bone loss (osteolysis)
- Cracking or fractures
- Corrective surgery to replace the plastic insert
List of Recalled Exactech Implants
- Exactech Optetrak Knee Implant
- Exactech Optetrak Logic Knee Implant
- Exactech Vantage Ankle Replacement
- Exactech Connexion GXL Hip Implant
Do I have an Exactech Truliant Lawsuit?
The Schmidt Firm, PLLC is currently accepting Exactech Truliant Knee Replacement induced injury cases in all 50 states. If you or somebody you know has been injured or needed surgery for a defective Truliant knee implant, you should contact our lawyers immediately for a free case consultation. Please use the form below to contact our Defective Medical Device Litigation Group or call toll free 24 hours a day at (866) 920-0753.
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