The complaint alleges that Smith & Nephew knew or should have known that the implant could become loose and fail, but that the drug maker withheld that information from patients and doctors. The failure of bony ingrowth, after eight years, meant that the implant never cemented itself properly to her bones, causing it to fail, the lawsuit claims. A knee specialist verified those findings in February 2011 and performed revision surgery on the knee implant. The doctor determined that there was no bony ingrowth between the Smith & Nephew Genesis II Macrotextured femoral component of the knee implant and Laverdure’s bone. The defective implant has left Laverdure with a permanent limp and she requires pain medications because of her knee, the lawsuit alleges.Īccording to the lawsuit, an orthopedic surgeon looked at Laverdure’s knee in January 2010 when she began complaining of pain and swelling. Even after the surgery, she alleges that she has been left with permanent injuries and impairment, continuing pain, swelling, instability, disability and disfigurement. Laverdure received the Smith & Nephew Genesis II knee replacement in 2002, but was forced to undergo revision surgery in 2011 after developing problems.
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