Zimmer Knee Failure More Common than Should Be

Almost nine percent of patients of Zimmer’s NexGen knee replacement system have experienced knee replacement failure after their implant was installed, a number which has sent shockwaves through the medical community and which most medical experts think is unreasonable. Patients are suffering far more than they had ever expected – in many cases, side effects of Zimmer knee failure mimic the conditions that prompted them to get a knee replacement operation in the first place. In any case, the symptoms are painful and can include swelling and diminishment of the ability to walk and properly move around.



Many NexGen patients have chosen to consult Zimmer knee lawyers to determine whether or not they can gain restitution for these torturous side effects, and as a result dozens of NexGen cases have been filed nationwide. It is possible that these cases will be combined in multidistrict litigation, a process which will make litigation more streamlined by combining pretrial processes before remanding individual cases back to courts from which they came. This would help to simplify litigation not only for the defendant but for the plaintiff as well.

With the aforementioned statistic of a NexGen failure rate hovering around nine percent, an extremely significant number of the around 150,000 patients who have been provided Zimmer NexGen knee replacement systems since 2003 have likely experienced knee implant failure and other complications associated with the device. As is usually the case in large-scale personal injury lawsuits such as these, media has caught onto the controversy, and the increased attention on potential flaws in the design of the knee replacement system as well as the fact that many patients are moving forward with Zimmer knee lawsuits may prompt many more Zimmer patients who have suffered from knee replacement system failure and other complications to file lawsuits of their own.

It is not unusual that patients would choose to file lawsuits in cases such as these, as complications like the ones associated with Zimmer devices often can be fixed only with significant medical procedures that in turn rack up hefty medical bills. For some, the only way to pay off these debts is to ask for financial backing from the company who made the product that harmed them.