Attune Tibia issue

Yes, femur has to be removed if you are going to use anything but an Attune tibia. Are people continuing to see this issue. I am hearing of it more now.

 

Had a competitive Depuy surgeon have to do full revisions on 2 in past month due to loose RP Tibias

 

Unfortunately I'm starting to believe this may be a real issue.

 

Just had my surgeon call me and said he has a radiolucency around the keel, needs revised. Good thing he likes me or my business would be gone. Asked to have Sigma now for his cases.

 

Safe bet most of these posts are competitive reps. Depuy reps would know sigma and attune trays were all cocr.

 

i admit I am a competitive rep. But failures are failures. And if they changed the subsurface that adheres to the cement than it does not matter if both are CoCr.

 

I'm seeing a lot of tibias coming loose but I think it's a DePuy cement issue not the implant.

 

Thank you for sharing your wisdom

 

It's not the cement.

 

Maybe not. We feel like it is because we're seeing it on other implants as well. He's switching to Stryker so we'll see if that makes a difference.

 

Aside from tibias and femurs, what other metal implants are you cementing regularly???

 

By other implants I meant other than Attune.

 

I've seen the same problem with Simplex

 

That's my point...like what? Sigma, HP?

 

We have seen 8 revisions 8 attune. The symptoms are pain and swelling but no startup pain because the cement is intact and the bone scans are negative. The pain is do to micro motion between the baseplate and cement which is causing chronic swelling and anterior knee pain. All base plates just lifted out, tools not needed. The cement is completely intact. The cement is the same cement used with every other TKA.

 

What cement was used? We've just switched cement thinking that was the issue.

 

It's not the cement.

 

Palacos
The company line is bad cement technique. I don't buy it.

 

You have seen the same issue? Corporate told my Doc nobody else is having issues.

 

Same situation here. Not as many, perhaps 5 in a relatively short time frame.