I think that it is amazing to hear about all of the medical advancements that have been made in the area of orthopedic medicine. It seems that everywhere I go I meet someone who has had some kind of orthopedic procedure done. Bone grafts, joint replacements, fusions, it’s all remarkable! Medical science sure had made some miraculous advances over the years! I’m sure glad that I don’t live in the “old days” when these procedures were just “dreams of the future.”
Unfortunately, there have been some serious setbacks for some patients who have been orthopedic patients. For example, there have been some serious issues on zimmer durom cup knee replacements. It appears that about 8% of the patients who have had this type of knee replacement surgery have had to be operated on again within a short period of time because the cup was not operating properly. This has resulted in a durom lawsuit situation, where lawyers are suing the manufacturer of the cup. The durom lawyer does not sue the practitioner for the surgery because the practitioner did nothing wrong; it is a lawsuit against the company that made the defective cup. It’s a real shame that so many patients have had to go through additional surgeries because of the defects. I hope that a new device has been created that does not have the same problems!