Patients have claimed that the Exactech Optetrak knee replacement device is defective, and can cause serious side effects that may require revision surgery and replacement of the device.

The Exactech Optetrak is designed with two plastic “trays” on the tibial side of the implant into which the femur side of the device moves. Patients claim that the device is defective because the tibial trays wear out earlier than they should.

Additionally, patients claim that the tibial trays did not connect sufficiently to the rest of the tibial side of the implant, causing movement difficulty and pain.

Allegedly, movement difficulty and pain also arose because the tibial plate itself can loosen from the tibial bone in which it was implanted, causing the pieces of the device to fit together improperly.

Knee Replacement Issues

Problems with a knee replacement, such as those reported with the Exactech Optetrak, can result in a range of symptoms, including the following:

• Change in component position
• Disassociation of implant
• Fractures
• Infections
• Inflammation
• Instability problems
• Loosening of implant
• Mobility issues
• Pain
• Patello-Femoral Tracking-Lateral Release (kneecap moves out of place)
• Swelling

If you have experienced any of these symptoms or others, you may have a legal claim in an Exactech knee lawsuit.

The journal Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research conducted a study of the Exactech Optetrak device, examining the device’s performance at several time periods after surgery. A number of patients in the survey reportedly stated that they experienced poor performance of the device. Allegedly, patients reported the following problems:

• 15% of patients were disappointed or dissatisfied with how the device performed
• 21% of patients showed signs of the two parts of the device not fitting together as they should
• 22% of patients experienced pain that required painkillers on a regular basis
• 22% experienced the beginning signs of the tibial implants loosening

Numerous patients have allegedly had to undergo revision surgery to correct the problems with their knee replacement components, sometimes having to have a new knee implant installed, replacing the Exactech Optetrak device.

Revision surgeries can be risky, because they pose a higher risk of complications and infection than initial knee replacement surgeries do. Some patients claim that the Exactech Optetrak device caused their injury not only when the device was in their bodies, but because they had to undergo a painful and risky revision surgery as well.

Lawyers are now looking into the possibility of an Exactech knee lawsuit to hold the device’s maker’s accountable for patient injury, and to help affected patients gain compensation. Joining an Exactech Optetrak knee lawsuit can help gain compensation for physical injury, emotional injury, financial injury due to missed work, medical bills, and other costs, and for pain and suffering.

If you do not know what device was used in your knee replacement, an experienced lawyer or your surgeon can help you find this information.

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If you or a loved one suffered from complications caused by an Attune knee implant, an Arthrex knee implant, or an Exactech knee implant, you may have a legal claim. In general, knee replacement surgery lawsuits are filed individually by each plaintiff and are not class actions. Get help now by filling out the form on this page for a FREE case evaluation.

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